Education

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Ofsted needs more than a new report card if it is to regain trust | Letters
Letters: Inspectors should be supporting and guiding schools, but the new grading system is just more of the old aggression, writes Liz Thompson, while Ruth Lewis seeks a return to pre-Ofsted-style inspections

06, Feb, 2025 @6:01 PM

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Marks for a curacy in carbon copy school report | Brief letters
Brief letters: Teacher’s record | Literary skills | A mind of one’s own | Labour and migration | Edible gardeners | Money shouts and swears

06, Feb, 2025 @6:01 PM

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Schools in Scotland witness ‘exponential increase’ in pupil violence
Teaching union finds 44% of its members have experienced physical abuse or violent episodes in last 12 months

Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

06, Feb, 2025 @3:23 PM

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Vice-chancellor’s claim he was targeted for his ‘anti-woke’ beliefs rejected
Exclusive: KC-led inquiry finds no evidence University of Buckingham’s James Tooley was victim of politically-motivated witch-hunt

Lucy Osborne and Tom Burgis

06, Feb, 2025 @10:29 AM

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The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | Letters
Letters: Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley, and Dr Ronan McLaverty-Head and another letter writer comment on cuts at Cardiff and another Russell Group university

05, Feb, 2025 @6:04 PM

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Diana Hope obituary
Other lives: Teacher and artist whose work explored the beauty and mystery of domestic objects

Lindsay Mackie

05, Feb, 2025 @5:36 PM

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School phone bans alone do not improve grades or wellbeing, says UK study
Researchers say bans need to be part of wider strategy to tackle negative impact of mobile use on children

Matthew Weaver

05, Feb, 2025 @9:04 AM

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Isabelle Szmigin obituary
Other lives: Academic who was tireless in her dedication to education

Janusz Szmigin

04, Feb, 2025 @5:47 PM

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When playing the buffoon hits the right note | Brief letters
Brief letters: Class act | Charity begins at school | Dying on screen | Labour’s economic plans | Shiny postbox

04, Feb, 2025 @5:37 PM

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Teacher hails ‘small win’ as Google Maps to remove UK and Irish school reviews
Google says move is to prevent ‘unhelpful or prank reviews’, after petition by Merseyside deputy headteacher

Richard Adams Education editor

04, Feb, 2025 @4:06 PM

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Bridget Phillipson warns parents against ‘casual attitude’ to school attendance
Education secretary launches ‘new era of school standards’ while defending Ofsted inspection changes

Sally Weale Education correspondent

03, Feb, 2025 @6:01 PM

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Defend the children’s bill from academy lobbyists | Letters
Letters: Alasdair Macdonald says the last 14 years were not a success for the schools system, while Michael Pyke thinks the government is right to rein in academies. Plus, a letter by Paul McGilchrist

03, Feb, 2025 @5:57 PM

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