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How do I find out my child's primary school place?

15th April 2025
Parents in England, Wales and Scotland are being told which primary school their children will be going to.

Farage clashes with teaching union over 'far right' claim

15th April 2025
National Education Union members call for funds to be used to help campaign against Reform UK candidates.

Charities criticise 'distressing' cuts to adoption fund

15th April 2025
The amount of funding families can access to pay for therapy for adopted children has been cut by 40%.

Rock-dropping seagull closes university building

15th April 2025
The Blavatnik School of Government is closed for almost a week to fix damage caused by the bird.

Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding

15th April 2025
Universities, as well as many charities and religious groups, are exempted from paying federal income taxes.

Teachers' strikes: Will there be more?

15th April 2025
Union members in England will vote on strike action if the government sticks with its pay offer.

Teachers' strikes: Will there be more?

15th April 2025
Union members in England will vote on strike action if the government sticks with its pay offer.

Teachers in England move a step closer to striking

15th April 2025
Union members will vote on whether or not to strike if the government stands by its pay offer.

Robert Gordon University lecturers go on strike

15th April 2025
The action is being taken over redundancies, which the university says comes at an extremely challenging time for the sector.

Teacher screened 'inappropriate' blackface film

15th April 2025
A panel hears a teacher showed a Sinbad film where an actor had blackface make-up to Year 6 pupils.

Mother 'gaslit' by SEND system in crisis

15th April 2025
Kirsti Nicole Hadley says parents face huge amounts of unpaid work due to systemic issues.

Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funds after university rejects demands

15th April 2025
The White House had sent a sweeping list of requirements it said were designed to fight antisemitism on campus.

School's marquees to be replaced after concrete crisis

14th April 2025
The new classrooms will give a "much needed boost" to pupils.

Scottish boarding school to accept fees in Bitcoin

12th April 2025
Lomond School in Helensburgh which charges up to £38,000 per year said the move came after requests from parents.

University staff to strike over school merger plan

11th April 2025
Keele University bosses plan to combine the school of humanities with the school of social sciences.

Teachers in England say they would strike over pay

11th April 2025
Members of the National Education Union have rejected a 2.8% pay rise recommended by the government.

What goes on inside toddlers' brains? A pioneering project is trying to find out

11th April 2025
A unique study is tracking the development of hundreds of babies whose parents have also been studied since birth.

What goes on inside toddlers' brains? A pioneering project is trying to find out

11th April 2025
A unique study is tracking the development of hundreds of babies whose parents have also been studied since birth.

University of Lincoln warns of potential job cuts

10th April 2025
The University of Lincoln says the majority of the cuts would be through voluntary redundancy.

Parents threaten court action over school places

10th April 2025
Some families are angry their children have only been offered school places on the mainland.

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