by vinnie walsh | th Mar 2021 | News
A survey asking young people about how schools and FE colleges support their mental health and wellbeing. Between November 2020 and January 2021, the Anna Freud Centre surveyed 3,298 young people aged between 11 and 19, asking them about factors relating to...
by vinnie walsh | th Mar 2021 | News
The majority of parents in England will be happy to send their children back to school, but two-thirds are concerned about the amount of learning lost. A survey by the Institute for Fiscal Studies reveals some parents think that their child will never catch-up. It...
by vinnie walsh | th Dec 2020 | News
Mass testing will be rolled out to secondary school children in the worst-affected areas of London, Kent and Essex, the health secretary has said. Matt Hancock said “by far” the fastest rise in coronavirus infection rates in these areas was in 11 to...
by vinnie walsh | th Dec 2020 | News
Schools in England will be allowed to close a day early for Christmas to give teachers “a proper break” from identifying potential Covid-19 cases. Schools minister Nick Gibb told MPs that schools could schedule an inset day next Friday to allow “six...
by vinnie walsh | rd Dec 2020 | News
A teacher from a village school in India, praised for improving the education of girls, has won this year’s Global Teacher Prize. But Ranjitsinh Disale has already given away half of the $1m (£750,000) – sharing it with runners-up in the competition. A...