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Scotland Exams: Are working class children losing faith in the education system?
After months of online learning – schools across Scotland have been busy getting classrooms ready for pupils to return safely.
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Scotland’s Education Secretary quizzed over exam result U-turn
We speak to the Education Secretary and Deputy First Minister for Scotland, John Swinney.
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‘We want to give the parents and the kids the confidence that schools are going to be safe’, says National Education Union executive Jerry Glazier
We are joined by Jerry Glazier, who’s a teacher and a member of the National Education Union executive.
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‘Total scandal’ children have been out of education in the state sector for months – Dr Anthony Costello
We spoke to Anthony Costello, a former director of the World Health Organization.
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Children’s Commissioner for England fears most high-risk pupils could be lost to education for good
The Children’s Commissioner for England has told this programme there needs to be a razor-like focus on the most high-risk pupils or they could be lost to education for good.
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‘We need to worry about risk of endemic educational poverty’ – Tory MP Robert Halfon on pupils not returning to school
Earlier we were joined by the Conservative MP, Robert Halfon, who chairs the Commons Education Committee – and the General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, Geoff Barton.
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‘If you have 15 four or five-year-olds in the class it is impossible to social distance’ – National Education Union’s Mary Bousted
Teachers’ unions today met the government’s scientific advisers to discuss their concerns about plans to reopen schools in England on the 1 June.
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‘He hasn’t left in disgust’, insists Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner on Andrew Fisher’s shock resignation
Joining Jon Snow is Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner to discuss Andrew Fisher’s resignation, and her education policies.
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Study finds nearly half of excluded children have special educational needs
Nearly half of all children permanently excluded from school in England have special educational needs and disabilities. That’s just one of the findings of a report by the National Audit Office. It warns that mainstream schools are becoming less inclusive because of squeezed budgets. It also says local authorities are increasingly relying on special schools…
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Zimbabwean journalist Wilf Mbanga on Mugabe: ‘He’s destroyed agriculture, economy, education, hospitals… he might be gone but his legacy will live on’
We spoke to Wilf Mbanga, a journalist who once knew Mugabe as a friend, but who suffered the President’s wrath.
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Boris Johnson promises billions for transport links, homes and further education
In a speech in Manchester Boris Johnson promised billions of spending on improving transport links, building beautiful new homes and addressing the underfunding of Further Education colleges.
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Education Secretary Damian Hinds on local elections: ‘On big issue of Brexit, we need to get on with it and get it done’
Education Secretary Damian Hinds and Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry discuss the local election results.
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Education Secretary Damian Hinds on social mobility: ‘we need to go further and do better’
We speak to Education Secretary Damian Hinds – his department has responsibility for social mobility and we began by asking him whether he was embarrassed by its findings.
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Education Minister Nick Gibb: abolishing SATS would be ‘hugely retrograde step’
We spoke to Education Minister Nick Gibb and asked him if, with teachers, parents and children complaining about the pressure, it is the right time to review SATS tests.
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Education Secretary Damian Hinds on government’s mental health school trials
Cathy Newman is joined by the Education secretary Damian Hinds to discuss today’s mental health trials in schools across England.