First Nations singer and X Factor winner Isaiah Firebrace heads a petition to establish Indigenous History classes in Australian schools By Jesse Hyland For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:29 BST, 10 July 2021 | Updated: 01:29 BST, 10 July 2021 Isaiah Firebrace plans to bring his popular petition to launch Aboriginal History classes in schools … Read more
Middle classes face £21bn social care betrayal: Patients’ contributions towards their own old-age care could double in 20 years unless Boris Johnson fulfils his promise to reform the system, report warns Middle classes will have to double their contribution to old-age care in 20 years A quarter of over-65s had an unmet care need as … Read more
Middle classes face £21bn social care betrayal: Patients’ contributions towards their own old-age care could double in 20 years unless Boris Johnson fulfils his promise to reform the system, report warns Middle classes will have to double their contribution to old-age care in 20 years A quarter of over-65s had an unmet care need as … Read more
Around 700,000 pupils in England have still not returned to their classrooms since schools were reopened on March 8, according to Government figures. Statistics from the Department for Education show that around 89 per cent of secondary school pupils were in class on March 15 – a week after secondary schools began to stagger the … Read more
Millions of school pupils are returning to classrooms this morning after two months of home-learning as phase one of Boris Johnson’s ‘one-way road to freedom’ begins today. Many secondary schools have implemented a phased return as students from different year groups begin Covid testing as well as following a number of other conditions brought in to … Read more
Millions of school pupils are returning to classrooms this morning after two months of home-learning in the first step of Boris Johnson’s ‘one-way road to freedom’ post-lockdown. Teachers have described their ‘immense relief tied to a little apprehension’ at students heading back to school – amid chaos over non-compulsory testing schemes and fears over lax … Read more
New Budget blow for middle classes as one in four families will lose some or all of their child benefit Analysis shows that as many as 250,000 may lose their child benefit by 2025 Households stop receiving the benefit when one parent earns £50,000 The limit was introduced by George Osborne but has not risen … Read more
The five-year freeze on income tax in yesterday’s Budget has been blasted as a ‘stealth and wealth tax’ which will drag 2.3 million workers into higher tax brackets. Rishi Sunak’s decision not to raise income tax and National Insurance thresholds will amount to a pay cut in real terms for millions of hard-working, middle-class families. … Read more
Schoolchildren are under huge pressure to catch up on lessons lost during Covid lockdowns… but more help not extra classes could be key, experts say Children are facing pressure to catch up with learning lost, psychologists warn Government is said to be considering summer schools & extended school days Educational psychologists are advocating a quality-over-quantity … Read more
Pupils will have to attend ‘catch-up classes’ during the summer holidays as schools are given ‘hundreds of millions’ to help pupils who have fallen behind during Covid Schools will draft in private tutors and pay teachers to extend their working day Additional ‘Covid premium’ awarded to schools for every disadvantaged pupil More details of ‘catch-up … Read more