[ad_1] JoThe rate at which primary school pupils are being suspended from state schools in England has more than doubled in a decade, BBC analysis suggests.Permanent exclusion rates of primary-age pupils have also gone up - by almost 70% in the same period.Campaigners say children excluded from school at a young age experience long-term impacts.The government has acknowledged the situation is at "crisis point", and says it is determined to
[ad_1] Tina Leslie/Freedom4GirlsTina Leslie, founder of a charity supporting teenage girls, accused some schools of penalising female pupils for something they cannot prevent or controlNineteen parents and guardians have appeared before magistrates in Norfolk charged with the unauthorised absence of their child from school.The prosecutions at Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court on Friday concerned 11 children, aged between seven and 15, and all registered at schools in the local area.Many of
[ad_1] UnknownPlanning documents show Mr Saverimutto (above left, back) said the gym would help aspiring athletesThe chief executive of a school for children with special educational needs appears to have diverted public money into other business interests linked to him and his family.Alastair Saverimutto ran the Life Wirral school until it was closed earlier this year after an investigation by BBC Panorama exposed mistreatment of children by staff.A forensic accountant
[ad_1] PA MediaThe mayor's free school meals scheme has benefitted London's childrenThe Mayor of London has said his policy of free lunch for every pupil at state primary schools in London will continue despite questions about how he will pay for it. His free lunches for every primary school child scheme was praised by a new independent report that found it had brought “significant benefits” for the capital’s children, parents
[ad_1] BBCCaroline Campbell was among parents who hosted the event at Stormont"He would go from having five days a week in school in a supported environment with his peers to basically having nothing and being at home with me."Caroline Campbell's autistic 17-year-old son Oscar is due to leave his special school in two years.She travelled from Londonderry to Stormont on Monday to tell assembly members (MLAs) and others about the
[ad_1] Family photoMared Foulkes was a talented and hard working student, who had wanted to be a pharmacist since she was a child, her parents said The parents of a student who killed herself after receiving inaccurate exam results are calling for universities to provide better support.Mared Foulkes, from Anglesey, received an email in July 2020 saying that she had failed an assessment and could not progress to her third
[ad_1] BBCRuth says she could not find a suitable mainstream school for her eight-year-old son SamuelChildren with complex needs are being sent to private schools up to 200 miles away from home because there is not enough capacity in the state system, a BBC investigation has found.Councils struggling to cope with an unprecedented number of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are increasingly reliant upon private providers.Headteachers say
[ad_1] The closure of two undergraduate courses at a university is "demoralising" to staff, a union has said.Northumbria University said it had proposed cutting two joint degrees from next September - business with Spanish, and business with French.University and College Union (UCU) official Jon Bryan said the move flew in the face of "commitments" made by the university's head a few weeks ago about "no planned programme closures".The university said
[ad_1] Edinburgh University has warned staff it expects to make job cuts in response to “unsustainable” funding.In a message to staff, principal and vice-chancellor Sir Peter Mathieson said the institution was struggling to meet its £120m-per-month running costs after a fall in student numbers and the UK government’s National Insurance rise.Sir Peter said compulsory redundancies could be enforced if “unavoidable” after a period of “selective voluntary” job losses.It comes after
[ad_1] Getty ImagesJames Lamont (left, standing with his Paddington co-writers Jon Foster and Mark Burton) said dyslexia did not hold him back from a writing careerDyslexia should not hold you back, the co-screenwriter of the latest Paddington film has said.James Lamont, who co-wrote Paddington In Peru, the newly-released third film in the franchise, has dyslexia and said with the right support, children with the learning difficulty could achieve whatever they
