Articles Tagged: primary school

Boy denied place at local primary school because he lives 20CM outside the catchment area

By parentdish.co.uk, May 24, 2012

Three-year-old Brock Housden is without a school place after officials ruled he lived 20cm too far away from his local primary school in Sutton

The Parentdish guide to primary school SATs

By Liat Hughes Joshi, May 2, 2012

If you've got a child in year 2 or year 6, you could well be hearing mutterings about SATs (Statutory Assessment Tests) at the school gate in the coming days. Here's our guide.

The Primary Days: Flashing farce (Our brand new column)

By Elsie Button, Apr 20, 2012

A couple of days into my daughter’s third term at primary school, I was taken aside by her teacher during drop-off. "Can I have a quick word with you please?" she said gently.

Parents to have child benefit deducted if children miss school

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Apr 16, 2012

Charlie Taylor, the Government's 'Discipline Tsar' plans to issue parents with parking style fines via deductions through their child benefit if they allow their primary school kids to truant.

Teachers rewriting pupils' work to get better results for schools

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Apr 2, 2012

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has said that some teachers' professional integrity is being undermined because of pressure to get good exam results for their school.

Why would teachers want to ban best friends in schools?

By Liat Hughes Joshi, Mar 19, 2012

I still remember my best friend from primary school with fondness some 30 years on. We lived in each others' pockets, we shared secrets, we giggled, we talked about what sort of pony we'd get in the totally implausible event our parents would let us have one.