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Coronavirus cases in UK rise sharply as Italy closes schools for two weeks
The number of cases of coronavirus in the UK has jumped to 87, the largest increase in a single day in the outbreak so far.
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‘At moment no scientific justification’ for closing schools and cancelling sporting fixtures – travel health specialist Dr Richard Dawood
Dr Richard Dawood is a travel health specialist at The Fleet Street Clinic, and Professor Azra Ghani is an infectious disease epidemiologist at Imperial College London.
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‘There isn’t a general solution that will lift all of them’ – Ofsted head on ‘stuck’ schools
Ofsted’s chief inspector, Amanda Spielman tells us whether the government should consider paying incentives to encourage teachers to improve standards in ‘stuck’ schools?
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Disadvantaged pupils most likely to be affected by under-performing schools, says Ofsted
The education watchdog Ofsted has raised concerns that England’s most disadvantaged pupils are most likely to be affected by serial under-performing schools.
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‘Most schools feel way out of their depth’ – Anne Longfield
Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, and Susie McDonald, from the Charity Tender
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‘Sexual harassment in schools has been dismissed as being part of growing up’: Conservative MP Maria Miller
I spoke to Conservative MP Maria Miller – Chair of Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee.
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Schools accused of banning hairstyles worn only by black pupils
A growing number of schools are being accused of banning hairstyles worn only by black pupils, which parents complain is unfairly discriminating against their children.
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Planes, trains, schools and hospitals brought to a standstill in nationwide French strike
Angry workers have clashed with police on the streets of Paris tonight. Authorities have barricaded the presidential palace, the Eiffel Tower is shut and planes and trains, including the Eurostar, have been disrupted as more than 180,000 union members in 30 French cities take part in a national strike.
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Schools targeted in airstrikes in Syria’s besieged Idlib province
While the eyes of the world have refocused to the north-eastern part of Syria, in the west, Idlib province is still under attack. The filmmaker is Fadi Al Halabi. Produced by Kamal Kaddourah and Helene Cacace.
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Schools out: Growing number of Birmingham schools close early on Fridays
A growing number of Birmingham schools are trying to cope with a funding crisis by closing early on Fridays, no doubt delighting pupils but infuriating parents.
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UN authorises investigation into attacks on health facilities and schools in Syria’s last rebel-held area
The Secretary General of the United Nations has authorised an investigation into attacks on health facilities and schools in Syria’s last rebel-held area.
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Parents and pupils protest over schools closing early
Some English schools are blaming budget shortages for having to cut their working week.
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Protesters ‘undermining’ efforts to end Birmingham LGBT schools row
Nazir Afzal, the man mediating a dispute over LGBT content in the curriculum at a Birmingham primary school, says non-parents are undermining efforts to negotiate between parents and teachers.
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Schools to be made accountable for pupils they exclude in league tables
A long-awaited report into pupils who are excluded from school has found that children with special educational needs or on free school meals are more likely to be excluded. The government-backed review by former education minister Edward Timpson has recommended that schools should be accountable for exam results of pupils they exclude, in an attempt to bring…
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Schools Minister Nick Gibb: Schools ‘need to take responsibility’ for excluded children
We spoke to Schools Minister Nick Gibb, and began by asking if it’s fair that schools should take responsibility in their league tables for the results of former pupils.