All news on the topic: Schools
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“Meal deal” drug: experts warn ketamine now cheaper than fast food for kids
An media investigation has found that primary school children are using Ketamine during their lunch breaks, knowing the effects will have worn off by the time they return to class.
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Teen sentenced to three years after knife attack at Bedfordshire school
A teenager has been detained for three years following an incident involving a knife at a school, where two people were injured.
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30,000 pupils now free from dangerous crumbling RAAC concrete
The government has stated it is making progress in addressing schools that are ‘crumbling’ due to unsafe concrete, as it announced 30,000 students are now learning in schools free from RAAC.
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Parents face higher school meal charges amid funding shortfall
Parents across England are facing higher prices for school lunches as the new school year begins, with caterers blaming the government’s national insurance increase alongside rising food and energy costs.
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Salford teacher sacked for hiding relationship with convicted paedophile
A primary school teacher has been banned from teaching after failing to disclose a relationship with a convicted child sex offender.
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Incident at Berlin school: dozens of children poisoned by tear gas, police investigating
Dozens of children have been injured after a primary school in Germany was hit with tear gas.
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School shooting in Austria: at least ten dead, including students
Ten people, including seven students, have died and up to 30 are injured following the morning shooting at a school in Dreierschützengasse, Graz, in southeastern Austria.
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13-year-old girl in Russia dies after javelin strike to the eye during PE class
A schoolgirl who died when a classmate threw a javelin towards her has been pictured for the first time.
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Systemic corruption in Serbia’s elite: Finance Minister Siniša Mali paid for children’s schooling via BVI company he secretly owned
Siniša Mali, previously the mayor of Belgrade and currently Serbia’s finance minister, enrolled his children in a prestigious school where the annual tuition significantly exceeded his official earnings.
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UK teachers raise alarm: Andrew Tate fueling rise of misogyny in schools
Toxic social media influencers like Andrew Tate are fueling misogyny and sexism in Britain’s schools, teachers have warned.
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UK investigates violence threats to schools after receiving threatening emails
A man threatened to use a gun to ’cause harm’ in emails sent to schools in Sheffield and a nursery in London.
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Scores of English councils could go bankrupt when hidden Send debt reappears
Deficits of £5.2 billion have been set aside for seven years in an accounting fix that concludes on 31 March 2026.
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Dublin primary school stabbing: 11-year-old boy injured in attack by fellow pupil
A boy has been injured in a primary school stabbing involving another pupil.
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Armed suspect arrested after knife incident causes lockdown at Lilly Lane Primary School in Manchester
A 20-year-old man has been arrested after he was said to have tried to attack another parent in the playground of a primary school.
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Headteacher and deputy banned after taking £250,000 from special school
Two senior teachers of special educational needs school have been banned from teaching after a panel found them guilty of ‘improper use’ of £250,000 in school funds.
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Youths armed with machetes chase each with huge knives outside school
Footage shows the moment youths chased each other in front of shocked onlookers, with some armed with knives.
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Shooting near London school sparks manhunt for gunman as man is hospitalized
A gunman is on the loose following a shooting near a school which has left a male victim aged in his 20s in hospital with police called to Harlesden, London, after reports of gunfire
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Knife attack at Zagreb school leaves at least one child dead and several seriously injured
Local media reports have said the attacker stabbed and killed a child and injured several people at a school in the Croatian capital Zagreb - children have been evacuated
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At least five killed in mass shooting at Christian private school
Five people have been killed in a Christian school shooting – including a young gunman.
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Primary school on lockdown after man in his 40s stabbed; attacker still on the run
A primary school was locked down this morning after a man in his forties was stabbed and the attacker fled.
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Teenager ‘hacked school IT system out of boredom’
A pupil was suspended for hacking his school’s network while in a computer science class because he was ‘bored’.
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Ministers halt plans to establish 44 new state schools in England
Decision affects secondaries and primaries approved by previous government using its ‘free school’ application process
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’Tsunami’ of deaths from asbestos in UK schools feared as report warns thousands could be at risk
A damning report warns that hundreds of thousands may die in the coming decades due to asbestos in crumbling UK schools, leading to a potential "tsunami" of deaths.
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Private school campaigners compare education secretary to Nazis over proposed VAT plan
Bridget Phillipson has been targeted with personal abuse on Facebook by campaigners opposed to Labour’s tax policy
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Schoolboy jailed for attacking sleeping students with a hammer in bloody ’zombie apocalypse’ rampage
The teen, now 17, accepted responsibility for the hammer attacks, but claimed he was sleeping at the time and only remembered waking up to see the room "covered in blood"
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