Thousands of children are still being digitally excluded, education experts warn
Urgent calls to get more students online are going unanswered in the third national lockdown, leading to growing concerns about
Salford City Council becomes first local authority to back Tech She Can initiative
Salford City Council has become the first local authority in England to support the Tech She Can initiative, which aims
More than half of teachers have worked with children without suitable homes
In the last three years 54% of state school teachers in the north west have worked at school with children
Why black history shouldn’t be a thing of the past post October
Teaching black history should be a bigger part of the national curriculum across the UK, according to a Manchester-based performance
Government’s Covid response has been misguided, but some local authorities have excelled
Some local education authorities have managed to continue educating and supporting vulnerable children during lockdown.
Kids told it’s back to school but what do the teachers and parents think?
The government have said it is their plan that pupils in all year groups must return to school next month and Boris Johnson has made it clear that this is non-negotiable.
‘Generation of schoolchildren failed by SNP’ says shadow education secretary
Children in Scotland return to school today after 6 months out of the classroom. Many pupils have received support from schools to continue learning, but Scottish Tory Jamie Greene believes many provisions have been inadequate.
Coronavirus has widened Britain’s attainment gap – it was always there, but people chose to ignore it
Britain’s overall education scheme isn’t exactly weak. 93% of the school-age population attend state-funded schools, many of which have an excellent record when it comes to securing university places for its pupils.
Watch: International education test sees UK improve but divides opinions in country with lowest score
Amid cancelled exams due to the coronavirus, UK ministers may take comfort from the country’s modest gains in the international PISA tests at the end of last year.
‘FGM is ferocious, barbaric and should not be practised anywhere in the world,’ says survivor who was ‘cut’ aged 7
When Patricia Ajayi was seven years old and living in Nigeria, she and her sister were taken away on ‘holiday’ with her grandmother and ‘cut’, without the knowledge of their parents.
Divided over Brexit, united about saving the planet… poll reveals North West’s passion for climate change
Environment comes above both education and employment, according to recent North West figures in a poll conducted by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature).