getty images A charity says thousands of people struggle to financially care for their young relatives Sophie* didn’t hesitate when her two grandchildren needed urgent care after their mother’s mental health deteriorated. She says she has been pushed to the brink of poverty after almost four years of being his main carer – but without…
Four schools in one county have signed a pledge aiming to go smartphone-free. Headteachers at Kempsey, Welland and Hanley Swan Primaries, along with Hanley Castle High, across Worcestershire, sent a letter to parents asking them to consider not getting their children smartphones until at least Year 9. Kempsey head teacher Bryony Baynes said she knew…
Stuart Woodward/BBC Unionized staff who refused to accept what they claimed was unfair workload were thrown out of the school by the Academy Trust Teachers who walked out of a secondary school are to return to classrooms on Thursday after voting in favor of taking industrial action rather than strike, a union said. NASUWT said…
Sheila Foster-Hancock Parent and protest co-ordinator Laura Marfell-Williams said news of the proposed job cuts came “suddenly”. Campaigners are to protest outside a high school over proposals to cut 25 members of staff. Parents said they would flock to Reepham High School and College (RHSC) on Wednesday after the Synergy Multi-Academy Trust said it planned…
ucu UCU general secretary Joe Grady said a strike ballot was “on the cards”. University staff have issued a strike threat after their employer announced almost 100 job cuts. Coventry University plans to cut the equivalent of 92 posts, saying it has to “adapt to the new financial reality” created by Brexit, a freeze on…
A teacher has been sacked for sending nude and sexually explicit photographs of himself to a group of young women. Nemiah Rookwood, 33, worked at Lincoln University Technical College when the crime took place in 2018. At the Teaching Regulation Agency hearing, Rookwood denied 13 charges and did not accept that he was guilty of…
BBC Plamena Naydenova (left) and Kate Maxwell (right) both walked from West Molesey to Esher High School. A mother said she was “scared” to test a council-proposed walking route to school after the council said some children would no longer be eligible for free transport. Surrey County Council (SCC) told parents of 81 children in…
A mother has described her son being moved to a care home 90 miles (145 km) away as “devastating”. Louise Johnstone’s son Leo has a rare genetic condition and is being cared for in Preston, which she said is a long way from their Wigton home. According to recent figures, 55% of children looked after…
BBC Muffuselab uses the pantry in Queens for breakfast and dinner A recent survey has revealed that students in Northern Ireland are skipping meals due to the cost of living crisis. The NUS-USI (National Union of Students NI) survey also revealed that more than half of those surveyed went without heating. “For some students it…
The number of students taking T-levels has increased each year, and there were 16,085 entrants in the 2023–24 academic year. The overall pass rate of 7,262 students who graduated in July 2024 was 88.7%, down from 90.5% in 2023. But many T-level students do not complete their courses. Retention rates for most A-levels and other…
