Schools
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Pupil spending is set to fall. We want to hear from teachers and parents about any cost-cutting measures taken as a result
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Tax hike on solar-installed properties to affect 821 state schools in England and Wales, research suggests
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Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner says budget boost for selective education will do nothing to help deprived children
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Most women will spend the majority of their adult lives suffering for outdated ideas of femininity. When they’re eight they should feel nothing but freedom
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I’ve seen the harm online platforms can do to children, but the government is slow to respond. Its latest plans don’t go far enough
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Karen Adams from Buckinghamshire says system is broken after son allocated a secondary in neighbouring county
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Letters: There’s a good reason why middle-class parents are better able to get a special needs diagnosis for their child: cash
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MPs hail modernisation of relationship guidance while secular campaigners express concern over potential opt-outs for faith schools
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Around half a million families found out on Wednesday which secondary school their children will attend
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From robot hamsters to beatboxing, there are plenty of activities to help students develop thinking skills associated with programming. No computers needed
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Our teens are woefully under-educated about sex and relationships, as I found out first-hand. Compulsory lessons in schools can’t come a moment too soon
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Something has to change when poorer children from good catchment areas are still missing out on a decent education
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Parents are finding out whether their child has been accepted to their favoured secondary school. Share your stories and photos with us
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
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Amendment to children and social care bill says relationships education should be statutory part of national curriculum
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How can we tackle hate crime with four school systems?
Tim BrighouseThere’s no such thing as ‘British values’ – Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland all teach different things -
One school boasts floodlit pitches and is part of a teacher-training scheme. The other struggles to fill posts. Can the ‘northern powerhouse’ fix it?
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Letter from a curious parent Dear Justine Greening, homework widens the gap between rich and poor children
Michael RosenHomework is now part of the school curriculum but you forget many children have parents who just can’t help
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Institute for Fiscal Studies warns spending per pupil is to fall 6.5% over course of this parliament, with sixth-formers facing continued squeeze on budgets
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Views of majority of adults in poll increases pressure on government to make sex education compulsory in schools
Pass notes JoJo Bows: why are schools banning ‘a symbol of believing-ness’?