Teaching union urges schools to ‘decolonise the classroom’

The contribution of black people to British history and culture should be taught in all subjects at school, a teaching union’s conference has been told. The NASUWT’s annual conference heard that the national curriculum is ‘lacking’ and some teachers have taken it into their own hands to ‘decolonise their classrooms’. A motion passed at the … Read more

School cleaner brazenly films herself ripping down Covid safe signage from a classroom wall

‘Take away the propaganda’: School cleaner films herself ripping down Covid safe signage from a classroom wall – and boasts she’s been ‘doing it all year’ Disgruntled school cleaner films herself ripping Covid safe signage from a wall Videos were posted to social media with caption ‘take away the propaganda’ The posters gave primary school … Read more

Gordon Ramsay swaps kitchen for the classroom as he opens his first cookery school

Gordon Ramsay swaps kitchen for the classroom as he opens his first cookery school with successful pupils guaranteed job at his restaurant empire The Gordon Ramsay Academy will be opening later this year in Woking, Surrey It will give aspiring chefs of all ages chance to gain valuable work experience  Local council leader described the … Read more

Portugal’s Socialist PM BANS private schools from teaching pupils remotely during classroom closure

Portugal’s socialist Prime Minister has banned private schools from teaching pupils remotely during a two-week classroom closure. The minority Socialist-led government of Antonio Costa said that allowing private institutions to teach remotely would put state school pupils at a disadvantage. The Portuguese government ordered all schools closed for two weeks last Thursday to slow contagion … Read more

Parents face classroom closures chaos today as primaries across the country stay shut

Parents are facing chaos over classroom closures as primaries across the country stay shut today despite Boris Johnson insisting ‘schools are safe’. The Prime Minister told families yesterday that children should return to school in all areas where they were due to open today and tomorrow. But as Covid-19 rates soar, teaching unions said that … Read more

GAVIN WILLIAMSON: We must all move heaven and earth to get children back into the classroom 

I remain optimistic that with the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine, 2021 will be the year we overcome coronavirus. At the same time, as a dad, it is clear to me that while this takes place, I want my children to be at school. Keeping our kids out of classrooms is damaging. We know that … Read more

Former Wisbech Grammar School teacher, 54, who kicked pupil will be allowed to return to classroom

Teacher, 54, at £14,000-a-year grammar school convicted of assaulting pupil after kicking him in groin for chewing gum in class is allowed to stay in the profession, tribunal rules Mark Jarvis was a teacher at Wisbech Grammar School when he kicked a pupil Pupils said he was smiling and ‘not aggressive,’ when he launched kick … Read more

Back corner of the classroom may be SAFEST spot in the room, study claims

Naughty schoolchildren hiding in the back corner of the classroom may be sat in the SAFEST part of the school, study claims US study looked at the spread of coronavirus particles in classrooms  Found opening windows removes 70% of all particles smaller than one micron  Air conditioning removes half of particles released during exhalation and … Read more

Headteacher threatens to fine parents who refuse to send children back to classroom from next week

A headteacher will next week begin handing down fines to cautious parents who refuse to send their children back to classrooms. Tina Wilkinson revealed that 25 pupils were absent from St Andrew’s Primary School in Lancashire yesterday, despite her repeated warnings of penalties.  Mrs Wilkinson told MailOnline her school has a historic problem with attendance and … Read more

Children are far less likely to catch coronavirus in the classroom than they are at home

Children are less likely to catch Covid-19 at school than they are at home, according to research.     Scientists at Belgium’s national health body found coronavirus transmission rates in classrooms were far lower than in the home.  Just 0.8 per cent of youngsters quarantined under the contact tracing system tested positive for the virus. The rate … Read more