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Pupils with behavioural issues failing to meet exam benchmark
Just 1.5% with behaviour issues got grade 4s or higher in the subjects, according to data
Physical exercise during academic lessons can help boost test scores, study suggests
‘Active classes help children learn more effectively,’ researchers say
Career ambitions ‘already limited by age of seven’
By the age of seven, children are already facing limits on their future aspirations in work, according to a report from the OECD international economics think tank.
Colleges struggling to cope with growing number of students out of school during GCSEs, report finds
Funding needed to prevent youngsters from taking ‘wrong path to crime or drugs’
Social media has ‘little effect on girls’ wellbeing’
A new report suggests sleep and friendships are more important to wellbeing than staying off social media.
School bans parents from using phones in playground to stop them ignoring their children
It really pulls at your heartstrings when you see parents on phone calls and pupils are running out to see them. Sometimes they don’t even say “helloâ€, they just walk off’
How do you breathe less pollution on school run?
Families from Sheffield took part in a test to see who breathes in more pollution on the school run – kids who walk, bike or go by car.
Parents’ complaints about support for special needs children surges as ombudsman warns of ‘system in crisis’
Number of cases investigated is ‘exceptional and unprecedented’, Michael King says
Kent mum reveals secrets after her children have never missed a day of school
It’s an achievement for any child to be able to claim 100% attendance throughout an entire academic year, but these siblings have managed it throughout their whole school career.
Funding for 80% of schools in England ‘worse next year than 2015’
School Cuts coalition warns of real-terms cuts despite government’s cash injection