schools

School standards minister: 'We want to change it so nobody has to fight for their education'
Onside takeover

School standards minister: 'We want to change it so nobody has to fight for their education'

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education
Onside Takeover

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education

What was in Rachel Reeves' historic spending review – and what was missing?
Rachel Reeves
Spending review

What was in Rachel Reeves' historic spending review – and what was missing?

'It's an emergency': Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day
Artist Stuart Semple
Art

'It's an emergency': Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: 'It will take hunger out of classroom'
Broccoli in a serving hatch
Child poverty

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: 'It will take hunger out of classroom'

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?
school children at desks
Schools

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here's how
Polly Stepan

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here's how

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
A teacher interacts with a student at Great Oaks College.
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class
Martin Hodge

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class

Letters: Cut, cut, cut benefits... it's the Tory Labour way
Letters

Letters: Cut, cut, cut benefits... it's the Tory Labour way

From fake birds to Andrew Tate: How one group is tackling conspiracy theories in schools
Andrew Tate
Conspiracy theories

From fake birds to Andrew Tate: How one group is tackling conspiracy theories in schools

'I've never been able to afford more than one skirt': Labour's school uniform plan sparks fierce debate
a child stands behind a fence
School uniform

'I've never been able to afford more than one skirt': Labour's school uniform plan sparks fierce debate

I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included
Olive Watt

I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included

'We all deserve magic': Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty
kids doing christmas craft activities
Christmas

'We all deserve magic': Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty

Children in poverty are missing out on memories in the school holidays. We want to change that
family at kenilworth castle, holding a pumpkin
Emma Revie and Nick Merriman

Children in poverty are missing out on memories in the school holidays. We want to change that

'We're stepping in to help kids eat': Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils
children grabbing food off table
Child poverty

'We're stepping in to help kids eat': Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils

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Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: 'A crisis of lost learning'
Stock image of children doing work at school
Education

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: 'A crisis of lost learning'

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays
Cost of living

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays

Will Labour's private school tax plan 'destroy the state sector'? Obviously not, experts insist
Private schools

Will Labour's private school tax plan 'destroy the state sector'? Obviously not, experts insist

AI in schools: Bullies using AI to create sexually explicit images of classmates, parents warned
Artificial Intelligence

AI in schools: Bullies using AI to create sexually explicit images of classmates, parents warned

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