Primary school can be one of the most rewarding times in a child’s development. Life-long friendships can be made; they are safe, and nurtured. But the teachers responsible for the UK’s children are at a breaking point. “I come home, late at night, and just feel hopeless. The school grinds down and it’s only going […]
There’s no doubt that we all learned a lot at school – from subtraction to science, algebra to accounting, our days were not boring. However, were the barrels of facts that were thrown our way actually useful to us in later life? Our journalists took a quiz to see what they remember from school ARE YOU […]
The majority of the British public believe that religious studies should be replaced by politics at secondary school, a survey suggests. In the survey of 2,000 people, commissioned by the political youth platform Shout Out UK, 92% said they believed politics should be a compulsory subject in the national curriculum, with 57% of respondents saying […]
Around 100,000 people live in the UK with HIV or AIDs. It’s estimated that 36.7 million people globally have the virus and more than 35 million people have died since it’s discovery in 1984; making it one of the most destructive diseases in history. Each year around 6,000 people are diagnosed with HIV in the UK. […]
There is a debate amongst parents on the playground as to what exactly your children should be learning when they’re at school. Many believe that they should be learning the basics; Maths, English, Science, History, Geography, the usual things. But some topics, such as sex health and wellbeing, mental health and gender identity should be […]
Mental health has started to become more acceptable to talk about compared to ten years ago. But some students still struggle to speak about it, and this may be due to how schools go about helping. According to 2017 statistics, mental health affects one in every four people. The overall number of people with mental health […]
A report on primary school classes by Ofsted has concluded that there is no clear curriculum for reception aged children. The study, which looked into 41 schools across the country from a varied range of areas, including Thrupp School in Gloucestershire, focused on how the reception year of primary school prepared children for Year 1. […]
At the University of Gloucestershire inspiring the next generation is a key part of their outreach program. The university send out their student ambassadors into local primary schools to give them a taste of what university is all about. The scheme was set up 8 years go and is aimed at primary school children within […]
In the past five years, children with special needs in primary and secondary schools have increased. And due to this, schools in England are to receive a cash boost to help improve facilities for children with special educational needs and disabilities. The number of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) has increased from 1,228,785 in […]
A Special Needs school in Fairford is set to find out its future in a meeting with Cheltenham Borough Council next Monday. Coln House Residential Special School removed all of its 35 pupils in July, following an ‘inadequate’ rating from its OFSTED inspection. As a result, the school was placed into special measures, and the […]
