[ad_1] 5 hours agoBy David Rhodes, BBC News BBCSheffield Hallam University has lost more than £60m in the past seven years, according to its published accounts Universities across Yorkshire have warned that planned cuts to the number of international students coming to the UK could push more institutions into debt. Analysis by BBC News found the 10 major universities in the region made a combined financial loss of nearly £160m in the
[ad_1] 7 hours agoBy Becki Thomas, BBC NewsBecki Thomas / BBCDr Sumaiyah Hayat with her eight-year-old sonParents of children with special educational needs (SEN) say fighting to get their children a school place has been a "living hell”.Katy Halliday, 41, from Bourne, Lincolnshire, said she was becoming “increasingly concerned” about her 10-year-old daughter’s mental health while she remained in a mainstream school.Dr Sumaiyah Hayat, 33, of North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, said her
[ad_1] 1 day agoBy Craig Duggan, Eirian Jones, BBC NewsBBCLlanidloes High School is being accused of promoting creationismThere are calls for a school to be investigated after promoting creationism and an evangelistic Christian course.The National Secular Society (NSS) said it had obtained images of wall displays at Llanidloes High School in Powys showing marine life and the solar system beneath lines from the Bible such as “great are the works of the Lord”
[ad_1] Getty ImagesSir Keir Starmer has said some children with special education needs will be exempt from his plans to add tax to private school fees if Labour wins the general election.The party said it would use the money raised to recruit extra teachers for state schools and fund more childcare.What are private schools and how many are there?Private schools, sometimes called independent schools, charge fees for most of their
[ad_1] 8 hours agoBy Branwen Jeffreys, Education editor, @branwenjeffreys • Hope Rhodes, BBC NewsBBCSarah Morgan is one of the parents caught up in seeking the right support for a childCouncils in England are forecasting a massive shortfall in budgets for supporting children with special educational needs.The BBC has found councils face a deficit of almost £1bn in schools’ funds for these pupils.Parent groups say they fear children could suffer in a push to cut deficits as
[ad_1] 2 days agoBy Ruth Evans and Oliver Newlan, BBC PanoramaUndercover video: Paul Hamill explains how a pupil overheard him fantasise to a colleague about drowning the childA senior staff member at an independent school for children with special educational needs has been recorded by BBC Panorama saying how he wanted to drown a pupil in a bath “like a kitten”.An undercover reporter spent almost seven weeks at Life Wirral in Wallasey
[ad_1] 3 hours agoBy Emma Elgee & Fiona Lamdin, BBC News, West of England BBCHelen Roy runs the after school club wanted not wastedA woman who runs an after school club says there needs to be a "different approach" to services for young people.Helen Roy, a child counsellor who runs after school club, Wanted Not Wasted (WOW), in the Bournville area of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, said they regularly have to turn children
[ad_1] The head teacher of an "inspirational" specialist school in Manchester has said she is delighted it has been shortlisted for the World’s Best School Prizes for innovation.Grange School has been named in the final 10 shortlist for the T4 Education award which brings with it $10,000 (£7,783) winnings. It is the first time a Greater Manchester school has been nominated and head teacher Rachael Clifford said the pupils and
[ad_1] 2 days agoBy Nicky Ford, Adriana Elgueta, BBC NewsBBCOne parent at Westfield nursery, Jemma Gander says they were told Westfield nursery had to close due to a funding deficitNewham, Barking and Dagenham and Brent have the lowest rate of childcare places in London, new statistics from the Office of National Statistics show.Areas with lower levels of access to childcare are generally more likely to have lower household incomes, and a higher proportion
[ad_1] 4 hours agoBy Robbie Meredith, BBC NI Education and Arts CorrespondentBBCSpectrum was set up by pupils from Park School Move over Lord Sugar and the apprentices, 18-year-old Joshua and his class at Park Special School in Belfast are after your business.Joshua and other pupils have an award-winning company of their own.The company, called Spectrum, was set up by Park School pupils to manufacture and sell suncatchers.But while the pupils have learned
