Number of pupils securing their first choice secondary school place falls compared to last year as a FIFTH miss out Nearly a fifth of children have missed out on their top choice secondary school But this rose to more than two in five pupils in some areas of England, data said The number of applications … Read more
Secondary school is evacuated and children sent home after staff receive ‘malicious communication’ Pupils at Radyr Comprehensive in Cardiff told to go home amid police incident The incident is said to be ongoing and ‘relating to a malicious communication’ Headteacher said parents should email school if children can’t access homes By Faith Ridler For Mailonline … Read more
British girl goes missing in Mallorca: Police launch search for 14-year-old who was last seen outside her secondary school two days ago Taya O’Loughlin was last seen outside a secondary school in Palma on Tuesday Reports say she was last seen with a Spanish girl who lives in a children’s home A specialist police unit … Read more
Cabinet Office will open secondary HQ in Glasgow with at least 500 officials set to move from London The Cabinet Office will set up a secondary base in Glasgow under PM’s plans Staff received an email yesterday revealing 500 officials will be moved by 2024 The announcement comes only days after it was revealed other … Read more
Bristol secondary school adopts ‘black hair code’ that allows pupils to wear afros, braids and cornrows Bristol Brunel Academy introduces the ‘Halo Code’ to encourage black hairstyles The 1,100-pupil school wants to ‘create a future without hair discrimination’ Companies including Unilever and Marks & Spencer have backed the Halo Code By Luke May For Mailonline … Read more
Summer lessons will be offered to children leaving primary school and all secondary pupils as part of a £700million catch-up package designed to reverse the impact of coronavirus lockdowns on education. Under plans due to be announced today, secondaries will offer face-to-face teaching over the holidays, with ministers keen to see summer classes for incoming … Read more
Professor Chris Whitty tonight insisted the risk posed by coronavirus to children at school is ‘incredibly low’ as he ‘categorically denied’ a claim he opposed a full return to classrooms on March 8. England’s Chief Medical Officer said there are ‘huge advantages’ to reopening schools in terms of the mental and physical health benefits for … Read more
Secondary school pupils will be made to wear face masks in lessons for ‘weeks’ when they head back to classroom on March 8 BREAKING: Secondary school pupils to wear masks in classrooms ‘for weeks’ The new rules come as part of plans to safely reopen schools on March 8 Boris Johnson made the announcement as … Read more
Ambulance delays during the surge in coronavirus cases before Christmas led to people dying of other illnesses such as heart attacks and strokes, doctors have said. Dr Adrian Boyle, vice president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said ambulances waiting outside hospitals over the festive period led to ‘secondary Covid victims’. Figures show the … Read more
All England’s secondary schools and colleges today received up to 1,000 Covid tests to get children back into class – just as Boris Johnson prepared to keep them all shut into February. Staff at secondaries across the country started unpacking the kits after the Prime Minister admitted that reopening them on January 18 may be … Read more