Thomas’s Battersea, which counts Prince George and Princess Charlotte as pupils, has been given the green light to build a new senior school. The £19,000-a-year prep school has gained planning consent, alongside South London developer Avanton, to transform the Royal Academy of Dance headquarters into Thomas’s Battersea Square. The new, coeducational school – located at 36 Battersea Square … Read more
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
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
Children who started secondary school in September are 22 MONTHS behind on their writing as attainment levels for Year 7 pupils plummet since first coronavirus lockdown More than 112,000 Year 7 pupils attainment levels are below their March levels The stark findings, which point to the pandemic’s devastating impact on learning The National Education Union’s joint … Read more
The UK’s biggest teacher union has demanded that secondary schools only open on a week-on, week-off system after lockdown. Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) has said the new rotas should be used until the country has a ‘fit for purpose’ Test and Trace system. The union has already pleaded … Read more
Teaching union demands secondary schools must only open on a week on, week off system after lockdown until UK has ‘fit for purpose’ Test and Trace system National Education Union has already pleaded for schools to close in lockdown Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham agrees that schools should shut However, PHE says children are most … Read more
Love Island’s Ovie Soko has revealed he once cheated on an ex girlfriend and was nearly kicked out of school in a candid new interview. Speaking on Elizabeth Day’s How to Fail podcast the former reality star and basketball player, 29, described his upbringing in Tottenham, getting into trouble at college and his regrets over … Read more
Nearly one-in-five state secondary schools in England were partly closed last week due to Covid, figures show Only 82% of state secondary schools in England were fully open on October 1 This means 600 state secondary schools are operating with restrictions in place The official attendance figures were released by the Department for Education Education … Read more
Tyson Fury’s wife Paris says she and her husband are ‘on the fence’ about letting their oldest daughter Venezuela go to secondary school. The mother-of-five, 30, has children Prince Adonis Amaziah, one, Venezuela, ten, Prince John James, seven, Prince Tyson II, three, and Valencia Amber, two with the heavyweight champion, and wants to raise them with … Read more