Schools

Learning the recorder at school has been a tradition going back decades

School recorder playing plummets - the instruments taking its place

This week is national Walk to School Week

How to know whether your child is ready to walk to school alone

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Remembering Wigan Schools' Music Festival: retro special

Proposed changes to Ofsted inspections have come under fire from teaching unions

Why Ofsted is facing legal action over proposed changes to inspections

Downe House School's Jane Basnett says educators have a role to play in making sure pupils get accurate info on AI

Why teachers are concerned about pupils using AI for homework

The UK has been heating up this week

Can pupils be sent home if it's too hot? Temperature rules explained

Teens in relationships also reported high levels of violent or controlling behaviour

Call for action as 1 in 8 teachers report sex assaults between pupils

SATs are often the first major exams many primary school students will take in their school career (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Everything you need to know about primary school SAT exams

Children will sit a total of six tests throughout the course of a week

What dates primary school pupils will sit SATs - and get their results

GCSE results day could look a little different for thousands of students this year

Big change coming to GCSE Results Day - what you need to know

These were some of the biggest school playground crazes of the 1990s

9 school playground crazes of the 1990s

Actor and father Hugh Grant has spoken out against screens in schools

Why an educator says Hugh Grant is wrong about screens in schools

One in four teachers say they experience pupil violence at least once a term

Teachers declare ‘pupil behaviour emergency’ - here's how bad it is

Schools may soon only be able to require families to buy three branded uniform items

How school uniforms rules could change for four million pupils

These next few months of exam prep will be crucial

21 things parents can do at home to help teens prepare for GCSEs

From how your child's school compares to other local schools to its SEN provision, there's plenty of info to be found online

How to find official data on your child's school - and what it means

From performance to roll size, there is a wealth of information available to parents 👀

Amber Allott

Former teacher Lucy Kirkham says free school breakfast clubs could offer many benefits to children

3 benefits of free school breakfast clubs, as pilot launches

New Department for Education figures suggest 11 of the 34 key stage two children looked after by Wigan Council for the year to March 2024 met the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics last academic year

Vulnerable youngsters struggle to reach education benchmarks

English schoolchildren have plenty of holidays to look forwards to throughout the year

England's school term dates for 2025 - and when Easter holidays end

Head-on collision in High Wycombe.

Video shows aftermath of head-on crash injuring mum and daughter, 6

There are quite a few different types of state-funded schools in England

Everything you need to know about the different types of state school

Netflix drama series Adolescence has stimulated a lot of debates, not least about masculinity

Youth speaker offers support to schools in response to Netflix’s Adolescence

Emojis and the different understandings generations have of them is a key plot point in 'Adolescence'

Emojis with hidden meanings parents should know - and whether to worry

Adolescence has drawn fresh attention to young men and boys being radicalised online

Adolescence and 'incel culture in schools' - 12 signs to look out for

Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in Adolescence. Picture: Netflix © 2024

Netflix’s powerful drama Adolescence to be shown in schools for free

Lockdowns may have long since passed, but their impact is still being felt in UK schools

5 ways children’s education is still being impacted by the pandemic

These North West schools had excellent attendance rates last year

The 13 North West secondary schools with the lowest absence rates

These attendance rates appear to have close ties to pupil performance 🤔

Amber Allott

Do these photos bring back any memories for you of 1980s school days?

15 surprising things you'll remember if you went to school in the 80s

B. Ware, author of the Words of WARNING collection

B. Ware’s Bid to Keep Children Reading for Pleasure

Most of these schools, which had some of the lowest attendance rates in the country, were also extremely high performers

The 15 top state secondary schools in England for attendance named

School attendance can play a big part in a pupil's outcomes

1 in 5 pupils 'persistently' missing school - why it matters for GCSEs

Former Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman has spoken out against a number of key Government education reforms

Ofsted ex-boss claims schools bill may 'make education worse'

It looks like the review will recommend the current exam system as a whole stay largely intact

How GCSE exams and other assessments could change in curriculum review

Four key areas of focus were identified in the curriculum review

Curriculum 'not working for all' - 4 things review says need changing

The new NFER report found that unfilled vacancies for teachers are at their highest rates since records began

3 things the Government needs to do to fix 'record' teacher vacancies

St Pauls CE Primary School

Schools celebrate World Book Day

More than 4 in 5 head teachers say they have been abused by a parent in the last year

3 ways schools handle angry parents - as 4 out of 5 heads face abuse

Supervised toothbrushing is a proven, evidence-based health intervention.

Schools asked to supervise toothbrushing in young children

Children dressed up for World Book Day are welcomed to school by their headteacher in 2021 (Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Parents spend up to £50 on kids' World Book Day outfits – how to save

Inspiring young people to connect with nature and building greener schools are both on the government agenda

Three things the Government is doing to make schools 'greener'

Some groups of children get legal priority when it comes to school places, and schools also have their own criteria for handling too many applications

Which children get priority when it comes to secondary school places

This test can be make-or-break when it comes to getting into a grammar school, but preparing doesn't need to be stressful

Eight fun ways to prepare your child for the grammar school 11+ exam

Starting secondary school can be a scary time for children

Children's 7 biggest fears about starting secondary school

You have the right to appeal if your child isn't offered a place in your secondary school of choice

How to appeal if your child doesn't get into chosen secondary school

National secondary school offers day is coming up quick

When is secondary school offers day - and what parents need to know

About two in five parents struggle with primary school maths terminology

The homework subject parents dread helping with the most uncovered

Student puts their hand up.

Ofsted Chief Inspector says it’s time to rethink school holiday length

Some of the top schools for A Levels in the country can be found in the North West

The 21 top-performing state sixth forms for A Levels in the North West

Some of the top schools for A Levels in the country can be found in the North West

The 21 top-performing state sixth forms for A Levels in the North West

How to access DWP and local financial support during half-term break

A new study has examined how school sport and physical activity can boost young people’s wellbeing

PE, school sport and physical activity can transform young lives - new research

These sixth forms were among England's top performing state schools for A Levels last year

The 21 top state sixth forms for A Levels in England named

Neil Crook at Scotman's Flash

Grieving dad ramps up pressure to improve water safety education

In the North West, there was huge variation in term-time holiday fine rates between local authority areas

Where in the North West parents got the most term-time holiday fines

Over 14,000 under 17-year-olds sought treatment for addiction between 2023/2024

Ad Feature UK teen drug and alcohol addiction is a "growing crisis", experts warn

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