Sex education shake-up in secondary schools means learning about grooming, forced marriage and domestic abuseThe dangers of female genital mutilation will be taught to all secondary school pupils in England from 2020 as part of a bold shake-up of...
With conventional services overstretched, teenagers in the Cumbria coastal town of Maryport teamed up to assist their peersLast year, Molly Robinson, 15, was struggling to cope with the symptoms caused by an undiagnosed health condition. The unexplained pain,...
Some faith communities have rejected draft guidance for independent schoolsMore than 50 faith leaders, education experts and rights advocates have said young LGBT people would be at increased risk of bullying in schools if the government waters down draft...
When it comes to the mangling of English, political psychologists reign supremeMy beleaguered and battered Brexit brethren, I would like to bring you relief, but monumental language mangling offers little comfort on this vexatious subject.Consider the following from...
Readers respond to a Robert Verkaik article about subsidies given to private schoolsRobert Halfon, chairman of the House of Commons education select committee, is right to defend the principle of “continuity of education” for government staff serving overseas (which applies...
A guide for headteachers in England aims to help them deal ethically with thorny issues like exclusions - and to confront colleagues who do notOne of the most enduring images of recent decades has been that of the...
To slip the confines of reality for 15 or 20 minutes is a superpower too few of our schools are nurturingFor many young people today, books are only for school and exams – the notion of reading for...
Promising the benefits of a degree with none of the debt, apprenticeships on the government’s payroll-funded scheme are more competitive than ever, yet the number of starts has dropped by a quarter this yearApprenticeships are an absolute boon...
The alma mater of John Prescott once offered workers an Oxford degree – and a future. Now its vision has changedIan Tugwell left school at 14 and was making false teeth as a dental technician in 1958 when...
7,000 headteachers sending letter home with pupils accusing DfE of refusing to face effects of cutsThe education secretary, Damian Hinds, has been criticised by the headteachers’ campaigning group Worth Less? for refusing to meet headteachers and hear first-hand their struggles...
