Parents were left outraged after a secondary school allegedly told its female students to refrain from wearing tight-fitting clothes because it’s ‘distracting’ for male teachers. Female pupils at Presentation College in Carlow, Ireland aged between 12 and 18 were reportedly called out of class on Friday last week and spoken to by their heads of … Read more
Nearly two thirds of secondary schools in England had at least one pupil self-isolating at home due to potential contact with coronavirus last week, Government figures show. Pupil attendance in secondary schools has dropped from 87 per cent a week earlier to 83 per cent on November 12, according to the Department for Education (DfE) … Read more
A year 10 student won over the hearts of the nation after she admitted she’s scared of laughing over fears she’ll wet herself due to a muscle spasm disability in Educating Greater Manchester. In last night’s episode of the Channel 4 show, year 10 student Holly, who attends Harrop Fold School, opened up about her giggle … Read more
The Home Office has launched an ‘urgent’ probe into a balding ‘asylum seeker’ school pupil who parents complained ‘looks 40 years old posing as a teenager’. Parents claimed yesterday that a pupil who is said to have recently moved to Britain from West Africa looks more like a 40-year-old man and has a receding hairline. … Read more
Asylum seeker pupil who worried parents complained ‘looks 40 years old’ is pictured after he joined school in Coventry as teenage student Photographs have emerged of student following concerns among fellow pupils He is believed to be asylum seeker from West Africa who joined Coventry school Girl shared images of him on Snapchat which have … Read more
‘He looks more like a 40-year-old man!’: Worried parents demand answers over new migrant pupil ‘with thin hairline’ who joined class ‘without birth certificate or passport’ Parents complain as pupil with ‘thin hair line and no birth certifcate’ joins class Coventry schools says he is the correct age, after his picture was shared online One … Read more
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
Towering nearly two feet over his classmates, 14-year-old Ren Keyu from China has always stood out from the crowd. The ninth-grade pupil, nicknamed Xiaoyu, already measures about seven feet three inches (2.21 metres) in height and is still growing. The boy has applied to be the world’s current tallest male teenager with the Guinness World … Read more
Class of Covid is out of control: Two-thirds of teachers say pupil behaviour has got WORSE since they returned to school after six months off A survey of teachers found 69 per cent believed children were more naughty Six per cent who had seen behaviour worsen ‘hugely’ and a quarter ‘noticeably’ Only 31 per cent … Read more
School leaders are forcing hundreds of pupils to isolate at home for two weeks after just one child tests positive for coronavirus. Whole year groups are being sent home amid major confusion among teachers and local public health officials over the Government’s official guidance for schools. Current guidance to schools states: ‘Maintaining distinct groups or … Read more