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Calling the situation in Haiti “tragic,” the head of the United Nations on Monday acknowledged that it has been difficult mobilizing the international community to rescue the country from the “absolutely appalling” gang violence. “This has been a diff…
Survey finds caterers changing their menus and cutting back on choice because of supply issuesSome schools are substituting lentils and beans for meat while others are cutting pupils’ portion sizes because of rising costs, food shortages and problemati…
Exclusive: School-Home Support finds proportion of children citing such concerns has risen 73% year on yearInsecure, unsuitable and poor quality housing is increasingly a barrier to children going to school, according to an education charity that works…
Three quarters say they feel undervalued and are thinking about quitting, charity warns Schools will undergo a “crisis of support” without urgent action to improve pay and training for teaching assistants, a charity will warn in a report to be publishe…
Measures being introduced in August labelled ‘deeply regressive’ and research suggests nurses and teachers could be among the worst affectedThe government’s student loan reforms will benefit the country’s best-paid graduates at the expense of nursing g…
Ministry responds to reports of children upset and teachers baffled by reading test for 10- and 11-year-oldsMinisters have said that tests for year 6 pupils in England are “designed to be challenging” after concerns from a headteachers’ union that this…
Low-income families in England face highest costs compared with Scotland and Wales due to fewer benefitsSending a child to a state secondary school costs families at least £39 each week, and £19 a week for children at primary school, according to resea…
Too few teachers have training in how to deliver lessons in relationships and sex, committee toldChildren need more and better sex and relationship education in England’s schools, to help them navigate the issues they are likely to face as they get old…
Lost students, dwindling relief funds and a juggernaut of new schooling options could portend layoffs and school closuresThree years and counting since the pandemic shuttered schools and tethered students to their laptops, new data shows that enrollmen…
FoI requests reveal at least 90 councils top-sliced childcare budget to offset deficits or add to reservesMPs have expressed concern that local authorities in England are failing to pass on government funding for free childcare places to nurseries, aft…