All news on the topic: Schools

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Boy, 12, still hasn't been to school after transport crisis leaves him stranded
Autistic Alfie Stevens has a place at Bluebell School and needs council transport to get him to and from lessons but it has failed to turn up for the start of term
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Major update as vid shows female student hurl chair at teacher and knock her out
A 15-year-old student who was filmed throwing a metal chair at her teacher and knocking her out in the classroom on Thursday has been arrested and faces felony charges
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'Free school meals for every primary pupil is a campaign worth fighting for'
Ending child hunger, guaranteeing a mid-day meal for every primary school pupil in England – to level it up with Wales and Scotland – is a no-brainer as well as only fair.
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Kate Winslet and Olivia Colman join calls for free school meals for primary kids
A host of well known faces today throw their weight behind the Mirror's push for Free School Meals for All to end child hunger and boost children's life chances
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Girl, 8, shot and killed by cops at school footie game as family wins £9m fight
Fanta Bility was tragically killed at the age of eight when police officers shot into a crowd leaving a football game in Philadelphia - and her family has now reached a settlement
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Ex-Education boss Michael Gove says some state schools are like 'teen crèches'
Michael Gove said state schools should provide a more rigorous education, giving the example of one academy that provides activities like 'putting on a play in ancient Greek'
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Family pay tribute to 'talented' Jessica Baker killed in coach crash on M53
Heart-rending tributes have poured in after the death of 15-year-old Jessica Baker in a major coach collision on Friday. The driver, dad-of-two Stephen Shrimpton, also tragically didn’t make it
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'My identical twin sister is now a man - and we have never been closer'
Suchita and Savita Naidu grew up together and, as twins, had an 'intrinsic connection' - but the pair became even closer when Savita decided to come out as a trans man
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Maths homework question about apples meant for 6-year-olds stumps adults
A parent whose child came home with a maths homework question about apples was absolutely stumped - and it turns out other parents were too - but can you solve it?
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Stab victim's heartbreaking tribute - 'hope God likes your TikTok dancing'
Elianne Andam's cousin visited a shrine set up by the girl's pals at the scene of her senseless killing - and described her as a 'highly intelligent and a lovely, lovely girl'
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Schools pay parents $300 a month to drive kids to class amid bus driver shortage
Parents in Philadelphia are being offered a cash incentive to drive their children to school as states across the US face crippling bus driver shortages putting a massive strain on the network
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Three women sue Jeremy Clarkson's ex school over sex abuse after teacher jailed
The school attended by Jeremy Clarkson is being sued by three women who were sexually assaulted as teens. Shamed maths teacher and hockey coach Simon Clague was jailed last month
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Horror moment teacher knocked out cold as metal chair hurled at her in classroom
The teacher at Southwestern Classical Academy in Flint, Michigan, was attempting to calm an argument between two students when one picked up a metal chair and threw it across the classroom
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Children forced to jump from smashed windows as two victims of M53 crash named
As more details emerge of the horror on the M53 that left a schoolgirl and the coach driver dead and two others seriously ill, witnesses tell of the devastating scene
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School uniforms can harbour 12,000 percent more germs than a toilet seat
Tests on individual items showed school dresses had 1,700% more bacteria than a toilet hand dryer, while cardigans contained 900% more than a loo door handle
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Autistic girl, 10, takes own life after bullying as mum 'wishes she'd told me'
Izzy Tichenor was being bullied at school by classmates who called her the N-word, told her she stank and made fun of her for being autistic, a lawsuit which was later settled
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Greg James is on a mission to locate Millie Bobby Brown's long-lost tortoises
BBC Radio 1's breakfast host Greg James is trying to trace the tortoises who the Stranger Things star had given to a school
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High school students spell n-word on shirts while posing behind mixed-race girl
A high school student at Salmon High School in Idaho posted the now-deleted image to social media showing six teens spelling out the racial slur as a mixed-race girl lay on the floor in front, all with their middle fingers up
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Teachers must learn how to tackle racism as part of their training, experts warn
The Runnymede Trust warned 'urgent action must be taken to boost racial literacy and address discrimination in our schools' in a manifesto with recommendations for politicians
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Devastated mum sobs at bus stop where daughter was stabbed 'protecting friend'
The mother of Elianne Andam, 15, broke down in tears as the family paid tribute to the 'bright and funny' student after she was fatally stabbed on her way to school in South London
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Ex-pupil asked to report to lost property as 20-year-old jumper found at school
When a site maintenance officer at Huxley Primary School in Chester discovered a very mossy jumper on its roof, they found the name of a child who had left 20 years before
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Parents 'fuming' as machete-wielding gang seen strolling around college campus
Parents of pupils at Solihull College, in the West Midlands, are furious after seeing images of a machete-wielding gang on the campus which have been shared online
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Mum tells Rishi Sunak she has sleepless nights as child's school has no money
Leyburn Primary School in Rishi Sunak's Richmond, North Yorks, constituency doesn't have enough cash to pay for new computers. The PM donated a £10 bottle of wine to help
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Girl's family rushed to stabbing but didn't make it in time to say goodbye
The 15-year-old girl stabbed to death in Croydon, south London, was on her way to school. Community worker James Watkins says her parents were called to the scene but were too late
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Police chief update on "parents worst nightmare" as girl, 15, killed in Croydon
The unnamed 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death on her way to school this morning in Croydon, with a boy, 17, quickly tracked down and arrested within 75 minutes