Parent school donations ‘exacerbating inequality’
Pupils in some of the poorest regions of England are losing out because parents cannot afford to fill a funding
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Primary schools give free food to hungry families
The biggest primary school academy trust in England is to give food to parents to prevent “family hunger”. The Reach2
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Number of schools flouting Religious Education laws rises
Half of academies without a religious character and 40 per cent of community schools are still failing to meet their
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Religious Studies GCSE entries fall despite popularity among pupils
The number of pupils in England and Wales taking GCSE Religious Studies full course has fallen for the third year
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Oxfordshire parents’ taking Church Of England to court over Christian assemblies
A couple are taking the Church of England to court over Christian school assemblies which they say are “indoctrinating” their
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Why America lost so many of its black teachers
Before 1964 nearly half of college-educated African-Americans in the South were teachers. JULY MARKS the 55th anniversary of the Civil
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Black and Asian parents are more ambitious in applying for good schools, study finds
Black and Asian parents are more ambitious in their attempts to get their children into good schools, a Cambridge University
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Black pupils’ schooling ‘dumbed down over special needs’
Many black pupils in England are having their education dumbed down after being wrongly identified as having one of a
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The Bach choir shares joy of singing with school children
The Bach Choir outreach programme, ‘Vocalise!’ this year involves almost 1,000 school children who sing for the joy of singing.
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Calls for greater diversity among school governors
“When I was at school, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do when I grew up,” says Theresa Esan.
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Jeremy Corbyn vows to increase teaching of black history in schools
Jeremy Corbyn has announced proposals to increase the amount of black history taught in schools, along with the history of the
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Racism in schools ‘putting off’ non-white teachers
Fewer than 30 non-white people began teacher training in Wales last year. Just 2% of those in Initial Teacher Education
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Sierra Leone: ‘60 people have died in one church community alone’ says Tearfund Country Director
A national emergency has been called in Sierra Leone after heavy rainfall in the Regent area, a mountainous town 15
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