A major Whitehall investigation involving police chiefs, Government officials and Ofsted has been launched into the handling of the emerging ‘rape culture’ scandal among pupils at Britain’s elite schools. Officials from the Home Office and Department for Education (DfE) are leading a cross-Government response with senior police officers, who are being urged to take claims … Read more
Parents at Batley Grammar School say pupils were shown cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed as part of the school’s curriculum. One parent told MailOnline that their teenage daughter was shown the same controversial images in a PowerPoint presentation during a Religious Education lesson two years ago. In that instance, they said, the lesson was taken … Read more
Science and technology curricula in UK schools are ‘not fit for purpose’ and need to be updated to help pupils ‘change the world for the better’, teachers have warned. Polls taken amid COVID-19 on behalf of the Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize found 47 per cent of teachers think the technology curriculum, specifically, is out of date. More … Read more
More than 200,000 pupils are self-isolating at home because they have Covid or have been in contact with positive cases after schools reopened, new figures show Secondary school attendance has risen to 91 per cent since schools reopened But up to 201,000 pupils aren’t in classrooms because of Covid-19 concerns The figures – up from … Read more
Drama teacher, 34, is suing one of UK’s best performing all-girls schools for £50k after he broke his neck falling off ladder while adjusting theatre lights Drama teacher Harry Wilkinson, 34, is suing Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School He broke his neck by falling 12ft off a ladder while adjusting theatre lights Mr Wilkinson blames school for … Read more
Drama teacher, 34, is suing one of UK’s best performing all-girls schools for £50k after he broke his neck falling off ladder while adjusting theatre lights Drama teacher Harry Wilkinson, 34, is suing Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School He broke his neck by falling 12ft off a ladder while adjusting theatre lights Mr Wilkinson blames school for … Read more
Ten million Australians are now under severe weather warnings as the worst flooding to hit NSW in 50 years swallows entire suburbs, closes hundreds of schools and has already forced the evacuation of at least 18,000 residents from their homes. However, despite the damage and devastation that’s seen 34 councils declare natural disaster zones across … Read more
Entire suburbs have been flooded causing schools to close and people ordered to work from home as residents on the NSW south coast brace for 300mm over the coming days. Ten million Australians are under severe weather warnings and 34 local councils declared disaster zones as two major systems collide. More rain is on the … Read more
Thousands in Sydney’s west have been forced out of their homes overnight and eight flood evacuation orders have been issued for the NSW mid-north coast as wild weather and torrential rain continues to lash much of the state’s east. Communities along the Hawkesbury River in NSW are bracing for once-in-a-generation flooding that could displace thousands … Read more
Chaos fears over PFI end: Hospitals and schools could suffer major disruption as £10billion of contracts expire Schools and hospitals could see disruption as number of PFI schemes finish Taxpayers could be landed with huge bill when 200 PFI contracts expire MPs warned millions could be wasted on expensive consultants to sort out deals The … Read more