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When are secondary school places announced for 2025?

14th February 2025
Parents will soon find out which schools their children will be attending from September this year.

Visually-impaired student challenges DSA failings

14th February 2025
Tilly Gerra requires support to study at university, but says she still faces "immense difficulties".

Should teacher numbers drop as school rolls fall?

14th February 2025
Pupil numbers are set to fall by 90,000 by 2040, but ministers want to maintain school staffing.

QUB denies staff pressured to give higher grades

14th February 2025
Staff were told they should note that higher marks are awarded at other universities.

Teacher strikes in Glasgow suspended following talks

13th February 2025
Members of the EIS union were due to walk out on 20 February unless cuts were halted and reversed.

Students to learn how to work from home

13th February 2025
Lincoln College says the option as part of its T-level curriculum was to "reflect industry itself".

Closing nursery warns of 'childcare crisis'

13th February 2025
Hunter's Bar Playschool opened in 1975 and is having to close as staff say government funding is too low.

Teacher avoids ban despite safeguarding issue

13th February 2025
A teacher acknowledges a pupil said she was being abused at home and should have been kept in school.

School plagued by bad behaviour brings in Saturday detentions

12th February 2025
Pupils who do not attend the detentions face being excluded, the school's new head teacher says.

School worker sacked for LGBT+ posts wins appeal

12th February 2025
Ms Higgs, who worked in a school, shared posts on social media criticising LGBT+ teaching.

Schools tell BBC about 'astronomical' bills as 25-year repair contract heads into meltdown

12th February 2025
What happens next has implications for the expiry of almost 600 similar PFI deals across England.

Maths and English skills ditched for adult apprentices

11th February 2025
The Department for Education says rule change means 10,000 more courses could be completed every year.

Academy 'changed my life', says transformed teen

11th February 2025
A teenager kicked out of school praises an academy for giving her a passion for construction.

Pupils punished for scoring below 90% in maths

11th February 2025
A parent says the school's policy for top set students is "overtly cruel".

Pre-school children's screen time at 'crisis point'

10th February 2025
Early years teachers say they have seen decline in speech and language skills linked to device use.

'It's seen as the naughty school but it's turned our lives around'

10th February 2025
Park House School is making a difference to pupils who have struggled in mainstream education.

'I miss my school': BBC launches programme for children in war zones

10th February 2025
The BBC World Service has launched an Arabic edition of its award-winning educational programme Dars.

Schools must not become battleground – child envoy

9th February 2025
Roccio Cifuentes said the issue of safety in schools was a “nuanced and complex issue”.

Mum's petition for parents debated in Parliament

9th February 2025
Christina wants parents of seriously ill children to have the option of a career break.

'My university course made me who I am - now it's being cut'

8th February 2025
Universities are cutting jobs to make financial savings, with students and staff bearing the brunt.

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