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Good grades and a desk ‘key for university hopes’
Having a desk to work at, good grades and high expectations from parents, as well as being happy at school, are key factors in encouraging children to go on to university, a study suggests.
Teacher refuses Christmas gifts to teach pupils heartwarming lesson
She has been widely praised for her decision
The key to educational success? Side with the teacher, not your child
Parents and teachers should be a team ‒ in total harmony in their shared goal of helping children develop in both learning and life
Anti-Bullying Week: ‘Change starts with us’
Anti-Bullying Week is taking place from Monday 11 to Friday 15 November and this year the theme is ‘change starts with us’.
Goodbye hockey, hello raving yoga: how schools are exploring new ways of keeping children active
Schools are exploring new ways to keep children active
Nativity play warning over school polling stations
Schools should not be used as polling stations in the general election, to avoid disrupting nativity plays and Christmas concerts, says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.
MPs warned of ‘genuine childcare crisis’ as figures indicate hundreds of nurseries and childminders are closing
‘To lose well over 500 nurseries, pre-schools and childminders every month is simply not sustainable.’
£400m for school buildings is ‘too little, too late’, says union
Academies and sixth form colleges receiving cash need to show executive pay restraint
Does homework help primary school children or is it unnecessary stress?
Does homework have any purpose for primary school children? We talked to the experts to find out
Primary schools give free food to hungry families
The biggest primary school academy trust in England is to give food to parents to prevent “family hunger”.