You can experience thrills (and spills) of a company float, and Primary Bid is striving for the democratisation of IPOs By Anne Ashworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:12 GMT, 12 March 2021 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 12 March 2021 The army of small investors is growing fast, as more younger people take up share … Read more
‘The phone stopped ringing’: Michael Underwood reveals he’s now a primary school teacher after television work dried up By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 09:49 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 09:49 GMT, 6 March 2021 He was a synonymous part of children’s television in the nineties and early noughties. But Michael Underwood has revealed … Read more
Female primary school teacher, 55, pleads not guilty to assaulting two boy pupils ‘after she shoved one into classroom radiator and pinned another to the ground’ 55-year-old faces five charges of assault relating to a series of alleged attacks The teacher allegedly pushed a boy with such force he hit a classroom radiator She will … Read more
Don’t force primary school pupils to wear masks, says top Public Health England adviser Top PHE adviser warned not to force primary school pupils to wear face masks Dr Susan Hopkins said children that young have trouble keeping masks on She also said young pupils need to see facial expressions for their development By Daily … Read more
There is no evidence having schools open drives the spread of coronavirus in the wider community in the UK, SAGE advisers said last week. In a study of pupil and teacher absences caused by positive Covid tests, researchers said confirmed infections in schools did not lead to bigger outbreaks. Instead, they said there were small signs … Read more
Primary schools are now telling children as young as five to wear a face mask in classrooms despite official guidelines saying they don’t need to. Teaching unions back the move but parents and charities insist they damage learning, while the government says only secondary school children will be expected to have face coverings where social … Read more
Summer lessons will be offered to children leaving primary school and all secondary pupils as part of a £700million catch-up package designed to reverse the impact of Covid on education. Under plans to be announced today, secondaries will offer face-to-face teaching over the holidays, with ministers keen to see summer classes for incoming Year 7 … Read more
Children’s books by black British authors will be given to every primary school in England to increase diversity in literature Collection of stories by black authors, Happy Here, will be published in August It will be given to every English primary school to increase ‘diversity of voices’ It features writers Yomi Sode, Clare Weze, Dean … Read more
Children in years that should have sat exams this year could lead the way back to class in a phased reopening of schools after half-term. Under plans being considered, pupils who will be teacher-assessed for A-Levels and GCSEs this year after exams were cancelled could head back first along with years one and six in … Read more
Could primary schools reopen before Easter? Minister hails ‘encouraging’ data as health officials say there is a ‘strong case’ for allowing the youngest pupils to return to class before April Vaccine Supply Minister Nadhim Zahawi spoke to broadcasters this morning Public Health England said there was a ‘strong case’ for reopening primaries Zahawi: ‘When schools … Read more