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Debate: How will schools handle the vaccine rollout for 12-15 year olds?
We’re joined by Sir John Townsley, the Chief Executive of The Gorse Academies Trust, which runs 12 schools, and Laura Edwards, a parent of a pupil at this school.
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Covid restrictions ‘must be lifted’ in schools, says Conservative MP Tim Loughton
We were joined by the Conservative MP Tim Loughton, who is a former Children and Families minister.
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Covid absences in schools ‘a relentless battle’, says headteacher
The number of children not in school is at its highest since the March reopening. Entire classes and in many cases whole year groups have been sent home after one pupil has tested positive for Covid or come into contact with someone who has.
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Sexual harassment in schools: are our children safe?
Girls being constantly sent nude images, sexist name-calling, harassment, rape, a climate of fear, an over-sexualised culture that has become the normality in schools across the country.
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Revealed: Over 6,000 sex offences reported in and around schools in three years
More than 6,300 allegations of sexual assault and harassment in and around schools across England and Wales were reported to police in three years, the equivalent of at least five offences every day, Channel 4 News can reveal. Some 633 of these reports were rapes or attempted rapes.
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England schools catch-up tsar resigns over funding
The man charged with overseeing plans to help children catch up on missed education in England has resigned just four months into the job.
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FactCheck: lateral flow testing in England’s schools
Could negative results give false reassurance?
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How government and schools will help kids catch-up with lost learning in England
As children prepare to head back to classrooms in England a week on Monday, teachers face the enormous logistical challenges of creating testing centres and trying to make up for the many hours of lost learning.
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FactCheck: what do we know about the safety of reopening schools?
Children themselves remain at very low risk of serious disease and death.
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Head of the Soil Association says healthy food habits need to be taught in schools
Chief Executive of the Soil Association, Helen Browning, who also runs a farm producing beef, dairy and pigs as well as cereals, joined us from Wiltshire.
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‘Schools open to vulnerable children and young people’ – Children’s Minister Vicky Ford on learning in lockdown
The Children’s Minister Vicky Ford battled anorexia when she was 15 and has decided to speak publicly about it to try to help teenagers facing similar problems now. We began by asking her if she remembered the moment she realised she had an eating disorder.
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England’s schools will not reopen until March 8 at earliest
England’s lockdown will continue at least until March 8. Boris Johnson said today that schools will not reopen before then – the earliest moment that the most vulnerable could all be protected by the vaccine. Other lockdown restrictions might be eased after that. Northern Ireland’s lockdown already runs to March. Wales and Scotland will review…
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Covid: Parents on whether schools in England should reopen or stay shut
Sammie McFarland, whose 14-year-old daughter has had Covid and is still unwell, is the founder of Long Covid Kids, a group of parents who are worried about the long-term impact of the virus on their children and believe schools aren’t safe to reopen.
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Tory MPs pressure Johnson to set out England schools reopening timetable
There are no plans for that to happen before half-term in February, but many Tory MPs are dismayed at the prospect of it carrying on until Easter.
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Tory MP defends free school meal controversy, saying: ‘It’s the schools’ decision’
We spoke to the Conservative MP Pauline Latham and Labour’s Darren Jones.