All news on the topic: Schools

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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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Unauthorized student absences drop in England as fines for parents increase
School absence fines have increased from £60 to £80 under the changes. and figures suggest this has had an impact
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School placed on lockdown following ’threatening phone call’
Police have scrambled to respond to a school in lockdown after the academy received a ‘threatening phone call’.
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Rachel Reeves announces free breakfast clubs in primary schools starting next year
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the free schoold breakfast programme to tackle child hunger will kick-off in schools in April 2025 as she delivered a major speech
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Scottish opposition pressures Swinney on cuts to free school meals and flat-rate rail fares
Scottish government accused of undermining efforts to tackle child poverty and the cost of living crisis
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A shooting at a Georgia high school has left four dead and nine injured
Sheriff’s office reports one suspect in custody after incident at Apalachee high school, 50 miles north-east of Atlanta