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Number of schools flouting Religious Education laws rises

28th September 201927th September 2019 Josie McFarlane 218 Views 0 Comments #RE, #Religious education, education, Laws, learning, lessons, schools

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

9th September 20199th September 2019 Josie McFarlane 202 Views 0 Comments #RE, Decline, education, GSCE, Religion, schools, students, Teaching

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

31st July 201930th July 2019 Josie McFarlane 416 Views 0 Comments Assemblies, Christianity, Church news, education, schools

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

12th July 201910th July 2019 Josie McFarlane 397 Views 0 Comments Black history, education, learning, schools, 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

26th May 201925th May 2019 Josie McFarlane 558 Views 0 Comments Asian, Black parents, children, choices, education, Minority, schools

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’

15th February 201915th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 465 Views 0 Comments black, Black children, black news, black pupils, community, education, report, schools, 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

11th December 201810th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 500 Views 0 Comments Bach Choir, choir, community, education, lessons, music, programme, schools, singing, singing lessons, Teaching, Vocalise, voices

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

30th October 201827th October 2018 Josie McFarlane 537 Views 0 Comments black, campaign, charity, community, Diversity, educators, encourage, Ethnic, governess, government, Governors, Governors for Schools, London, role, schools, sixth form, Teachers, Theresa Esan, women

“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

12th October 201812th October 2018 Josie McFarlane 665 Views 0 Comments #Labour, Africa, black, community, Corbyn, education, Faith, History, Jeremy, month, schools, Teaching

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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Black Teacher

Racism in schools ‘putting off’ non-white teachers

8th August 20187th August 2018 Josie McFarlane 763 Views 0 Comments black, black and minority ethnic groups, Black teacher, community, ethnic minority, ethnic minority backgrounds, ethnic minority communities, Faith, Initial Teacher Education, Mrs Iwobi, Race Council Cymru, Racism, schools, teaching assistants, trainee teachers, traumatic experiences, Uzo Iwobi, Welsh government, Welsh Government report

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

16th August 2017 Mariah 1478 Views 0 Comments bridge, church, community, died, disappeared, emergency, flooding, Freetown, government, heavy, homes, houses, liaising, love, National, priority, rainfall, schools, Sierra Leone, Tearfund, Water

A national emergency has been called in Sierra Leone after heavy rainfall in the Regent area, a mountainous town 15

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