Articles Tagged: secondary school
Children are being illegally excluded from school, claims report
A report claims that some schools in England are illegally excluding pupils without going through the formal expulsion process.
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Preparing you and your child for National Offer Day
National Offer Day is March 1 this year and hundreds of thousands of families are waiting tensely. Letters are sent out the day before and parents who made online applications can log-on first thing in the morning (if the site doesn't crash!).
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The (very British) shame of having a clever child
There’s a secret I try to keep from the other mums at school (and no before you ask, I’m not having a sordid affair with the caretaker). It’s something I wouldn’t even need to stay quiet about in most countries – peculiarly British not to be able to discuss it. Here goes…my child is clever.
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Unisex school toilets cause outrage among parents
Parents have hit out at a school's decision to have UNISEX toilets installed as part of a multi-million pound re-vamp.
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Mum takes four kids out of school because of bullies
A mum of four has revealed how she pulled her children out of school after they were ALL targeted by school bullies.
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Mum risks prison after removing daughter from school over 'isolation' room
A mum whose daughter was put in an 'isolation room' over truancy allegations has been threatened with prison after removing the teenager from school entirely.
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Nick Clegg to announce £50 million summer school plan
Nick Clegg is expected to tell the Liberal Democrat conference today the rioting which hit parts of the UK over the summer were sparked by educational failure and poverty.
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Half of all parents want to bring back the cane
A survey conducted by the Times Education Supplement has found that almost half of all parents want schools to bring back the cane.
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