Department of Education

This is not the first time National Education Union members have gone of strike in recent years

Everything you need to know about upcoming sixth form college strikes

The Phipps Family: Tara, Poppy, Paul and Jack.

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School classroom.

Watch: School absence fines rise details explained

Figures from the Department for Education show 455 appeals were lodged in Wigan by the start of the 2023-24 school year – up from 431 the year before and the highest since comparable records began in 2015-16

School placement appeals record

Secondary schools are typically ranked by their 'Progress 8' scores (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

How England's best performing secondary schools are ranked

Ofsted is scrapping single-word judgements for schools. Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images

Major Ofsted change announced as single-word ratings scrapped

Teachers' unions have praised a proposed pay rise from the new government (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock)

What teachers say about government's new 'above inflation' pay offer

Children in need include unborn children, as well as young people aged 18 or over who continue to receive care, accommodation or support from children’s services.

Thousands of Wigan children are considered to be in need

Tens of thousands of children are being taken on holiday during term time as parents look to save money

More parents opt to take children out of school for holidays

Living up to its motto 'Labor Vincit' meaning 'hard work prevails' Dalkeith High School in Midlothian saw pupils surpass their virtual comparator by three percent, with 38 per cent achieving five Highers or more in 2022.

Ofsted's changes to school inspection system after headteacher's death

School kids want more digitally-based subjects on their curriculums

Children going to secondary school in September will find out which school they will be going to this week

Secondary school offers 2023: How to submit an appeal

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children often present themselves at points of entry into the country in their own right and are separated from both parents or any other responsible adult.

Wigan looking after an increased number of lone asylum-seeking children

Wigan had 3,131 children in need on March 31 this year, up 17 per cent from 2,679 a year before.

The number of children in need increased in the last year

Wigan Warriors - Kris Radlinski and Cade Cust and Kerri Pegg, Kevin Barr and Dianne Worsley from The Brick

Charity launches bid to end child poverty with help from Wigan Warriors

Proposals for the redevelopment of Fred Longworth High

Wigan borough school to be re-built as part of £24m carbon-neutral masterplan

A Wigan borough school is to undergo a £24m transformation which will make it carbon-neutral.

Matt Pennington

St John's CE Primary School in Leigh is over capacity by 13.8 per cent. The school has an extra 29 pupils on its roll.

The most overcrowded schools in Wigan

School dinner time

Wigan's children in need more likely to rely on free school meals

The move is part of One Britain One Nation Day on Friday, June 25 (Getty Images)

Government encourages children to sing this 'One Britain One Nation' song on Jun...

Pupils who miss school because they have to self-isolate will not be recorded as absent (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is what guidance says if children have to miss school due to travel quarant...

Research found that disadvantaged pupils were on average 18 months behind their wealthier peers (Photo: Shutterstock)

Poorer school pupils in England are 18 months behind their better off classmates...

A level results will soon be revealed in England, however hugging your school mates will have to wait until the one metre social distancing measures are eased. (Shutterstock)

Students in England will receive their A level results soon - here’s how they ha...

International Day of Friendship is an annual event which celebrates human solidarity through friendship (Photo: Shutterstock)

Today is International Day of Friendship - here’s how you can celebrate

Schools will reopen to all pupils on a full-time basis in September (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is how much parents could be fined if their children don’t return to school...

Matt Hancock

Possible delays to English secondary schools reopening despite Covid-19 being ‘i...

Rainbows drawn by young children have become a symbol of the coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

This is when nurseries could reopen in England - according to government plans

Disadvantaged children are to be given free laptops and 4G internet connections as part of a new government scheme (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is who is eligible to get free laptops for home schooling - and how to appl... Claire Schofield

The Academy provides access to 180 video lessons per week across a range of subjects (Photo: Shutterstock)

The government has launched a new online learning tool for children - here’s how...

The government says ‘vulnerable children’ are exempt from the schools closure - ...

Has there been an increase in the number of pupils in classes?

Readers' letters - April 13

Snow days: why some schools close and some stay open

Readers' letters - November 1

The £6m a year cost of supply teacher cover

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