Two new schools will challenge the practise of pupils sitting exams at age 16. Former Downing Street aide to Tony Blair, Peter Hyman, along with brothers Ben and Tobyn Thomas, who own Thomas’s Battersea where Prince George and Princess Charlotte are pupils, are backing a campaign to scrap GCSE exams. They will be opening secondary … Read more
‘Our health emergency is not yet over,’ the Chancellor of the Exchequer said yesterday. ‘And our economic emergency has only just begun.’ Facing the steepest downturn since the Great Frost of 1709 – a slump in output of 11.3 per cent – Rishi Sunak said he was ready to spend, spend, spend to drag the … Read more
One in five schoolchildren – more than 750,000 – have experienced cyberbullying in the past year and experts warn coronavirus isolation is likely to have made it WORSE Nineteen per cent of youngsters aged 10-15 admitted they had been targeted Being called names, sworn at or insulted was the most common form abuse But data … Read more
Former President Barack Obama ripped into President Donald Trump over the Republican’s recent complains about the media’s constant focus on the coronavirus crisis. ‘He’s jealous of COVID’s media coverage!’ Obama remarked to a crowd of 273 cars at a drive-in style event in Orlando, Florida Tuesday. Trump made is clear he was watching Obama hammer him, … Read more
As we were preparing to return from holiday last weekend, it suddenly became clear to me what our three children were really craving. Normally, they would be downcast, clamouring for a few more days of fun, swimming and indulgence in the sun. But this year was different. They were glad to be going home and … Read more
After the long economic and medical darkness of spring, midsummer offers some shards of hope. There is a big recovery in the forward-looking purchasing managers’ index (PMI), with both manufacturing and services output higher. The easing of lockdown for the hospitality industry – with the two-metre rules relaxed – is a boost, allowing pubs and … Read more
The startling inequalities in lockdown learning are laid bare today after it was revealed that an estimated 700,000 state school pupils are not being set any work by their teachers. Some schools have simply decided against online lessons because they say many children have only limited internet access. Astonishingly, one head teacher said teachers might … Read more