by vinnie walsh | th Oct 2024 | News
Fewer pupils out of school at start of academic year as absence fines rise Minimum penalty notices for parents who take their child on holiday in term-time without permission have increased to £80 this year. The number of pupils in England off school without...
by vinnie walsh | th Oct 2024 | News
The education secretary has said GCSE students should continue to be given formula and equation sheets to help in their exams. This year had been the final year students were expecting to receive that post-Covid support. But in a letter to England’s exams...
by vinnie walsh | nd Oct 2024 | News
A special needs school in Maidstone has opened a café in a train carriage to offer on-the-job training. The Mark 2 First Class Fawrient Express coach has been transformed into a Costa Coffee, where the chain’s professional staff are teaching hospitality skills...
by vinnie walsh | th Sep 2024 | News
Three in four headteachers are struggling to recruit teaching assistants, with most secondary and special school leaders anticipating needing more to cope with rising SEND demand. A government-commissioned report also found low pay was a ‘key reason...
by vinnie walsh | th Sep 2024 | News
A school has increased the size of some of its maths classes to 60 pupils due to a “national shortage of specialist teachers”. Caldicot School in Monmouthshire said it was teaching pupils in the first three years of secondary – Years 7 to 9 –...
by vinnie walsh | th Sep 2024 | News
A community in Kent is fighting to save a children’s centre which is at risk of being closed due to a funding cut. Millmead Children’s Centre, on Dane Valley Road, Margate, is one of two centres facing closure due to cost savings by Kent County Council...
