[ad_1] Sarah/BBCSarah feels she had no choice but to home educate her daughter, DaisyThe children’s commissioner for England believes some families are being "forced" to educate their children at home after a BBC investigation found the number making the switch has doubled in five years.UK councils received more than 66,000 notifications of children being moved to home education in 2023-2024 - up from 28,000 in 2019-2020, figures from freedom of
[ad_1] Two secondary schools could take on 600 extra pupils between them after plans to build a new school became too expensive.More places are needed as the Ipswich Garden Suburb development, which could comprise 3,500 new homes, is built.Suffolk County Council said building a new school in north-east Ipswich was likely to cost over £30m.Northgate High School and Ormiston Endeavour Academy, previously Thurleston High School, are in negotiations with the
[ad_1] BBCOlivia Gallosi and Ronni Sharp said they had come across discriminationEdinburgh University has warned students from privileged backgrounds not to be "snobs" towards their peers from Scottish and working-class backgrounds.The institution admitted class-related prejudice was a problem on campus.It said individuals from less well-off backgrounds were being "inadvertently or deliberately shamed by more privileged students".The guidance was issued after the newly-formed Scottish Social Mobility Society complained lecturers and students
[ad_1] University graduates across the UK are being urged by a campaign group to check whether they are due a refund on their student loan repayment after it was revealed that nearly £200m was overpaid last year.Save the Student's comments come after figures were published which show that hundreds of thousands of people currently paying off their loans are eligible for a share of £184m in refunds.It is easy to
[ad_1] Robots are being used to give emotional support to children who struggle to go to school.The machines, being offered to pupils in Wirral, help pupils share their feelings using a microphone, emoji expressions and lights. The robots have already been used in a local pilot and have helped improve attendance rates by 21%, the council said. Councillor Stephen Bennett said it might "sound far-fetched or futuristic" but the robots
[ad_1] BBC NewsHannah says access to special arrangements during exam season "utterly shifted" her school lifeThe number of students requiring additional help during exams has reached an all-time high.Figures released on Thursday by exams regulator Ofqual reveal 625,000 adjustments were made to GCSE, AS and A-level exams in England in the past year.It has left many schools and colleges struggling to cope with the logistical hurdles required to make all
[ad_1] A head teacher who featured in a fly-on-the-wall TV show at his school has been banned from teaching.Drew Povey, 47, was in charge at Harrop Fold School in Salford, which was the setting of the 2017 Channel 4 documentary Educating Greater Manchester.But a Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) probe found that he had been "off-rolling" pupils by removing them from the school without permanently excluding them.Mr Povey denied the allegations,
[ad_1] BBCReverend Keith Rengert is a chaplain working across four Norfolk schoolsAn increasing number of non-faith schools are hiring chaplains to offer emotional support to students. The Centre for Chaplaincy in Education has put the rise down to the pressures felt by young people after the Covid 19 pandemic as well as the impact of social media.The number of chaplains appointed in UK schools has risen from 200 in 2014
[ad_1] Beatrice HackettHackney Council wanted to close Fernbank and Sebright children’s centres in Stoke Newington and HaggerstonA High Court challenge over plans to close children's centres in east London has been dropped after the council accepted its consultation was "unlawful". Hackney Council wanted to close Fernbank and Sebright children’s centres in Stoke Newington and Haggerston as part of plans to cut 129 of 600 subsidised childcare places.But campaigners said other
[ad_1] Getty ImagesSchools faced major restrictions, such as pupils being asked to wear face masks during the pandemicSchools are experiencing more conflict with parents over their children’s behaviour since the Covid pandemic, a public inquiry has heard.The Scottish Covid Inquiry is being told about the impact of the pandemic on all levels of education. The body representing school leaders said its members had reported a rise in parents simply not
