Education News
Labour’s VAT raid blamed for closure of Alton School in Hampshire
World
Emily Foster
According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, up to 40,000 children will be pushed out of private schools and into state schools ...
‘Endless tech’ at schools has been a failure, says Sophie Winkleman
Health
Sarah Carter
Private schools are recruiting digital tsars to help them embed artificial intelligence into their teaching through tools such as “personal AI tutors” ...
Children allowed to ‘socially transition’ face grave psychological risks, review concludes
Health
Sarah Carter
Transgender children face grave psychological consequences if they are allowed to “socially transition”, a landmark review is expected to say this week. ...
Teaching union to oppose schools having to tell parents if child changes gender
U.K.
William Turner
A teaching union will campaign against government plans to force schools to tell parents if their child changes gender. Members of the ...
Head teacher of Parkwood Primary School Alex Moir, from Maidstone, speaks about fundraiser for pioneering life-prolonging cancer treatment
Health
Sarah Carter
A head teacher who was told on his birthday he has just months to live says he has “a lot to fight ...
The ‘trial’ of Katharine Birbalsingh is a battle for the future of Britain
U.K.
The Michaela Community School in northwest London is not just a curiosity: it’s a phenomenon. Its head teacher, Katharine Birbalsingh, has such ...