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Student loan interest rates cut again as inflation and cost of living soar

DfE says maximum rate in England and Wales will be fixed at 6.3%, having previously reduced it to 7.3%

The Guardian - UK

Universities urged to allow for Covid impact on poorer students’ A-levels

Pandemic has compounded working-class applicants’ disadvantages as teachers fear growing attainment gap, charity finds

The Guardian - UK

Lionesses urge next PM to ensure all girls are able to play football in schools

European champions call on Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to commit to bringing change if they enter No 10

The Guardian - UK

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Lionesses write to Tory leadership hopefuls over access to football for girls

Just 63% of schools in England offer equal football coaching to boys and girls, the FA found.

The Independent UK

Survey finds 32% of girls ‘cannot access period products at school’

Girlguiding is calling on the Department of Education to fully evaluate England’s Period Products Scheme and make it permanent

Wales Online

32% of girls ‘cannot access period products at school’ despite Government schemes

Girlguiding is calling on the Department of Education to fully evaluate England’s Period Products Scheme and make it permanent.

The Independent UK

Bristol City Council scraps funding support for special needs charity in surveillance row

Council chiefs said the decision to pull support for a grant was unrelated to the ongoing dispute about social media

Bristol Post

National Tutoring Programme gets take-up boost as new contractors announced

New figures show pupils began nearly 600,000 courses in the last two months, taking the total to just under 2.1…

The Independent UK

Primary school facing huge £2.7m repair bill set to get full rebuild

Thorn Grove Primary School, in Cheadle Hulme, was said to be facing a £2.7m maintenance bill three years ago -…

Manchester Evening News

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Pupil numbers in England set to shrink by almost 1 million in 10 years

Government forecast anticipates 12% decline, mainly due to fewer births, with surplus school places in years ahead

The Guardian - UK

Schools in England advised to assess risk of strip-search before calling police

Guidance issued after 15-year-old black girl known as Child Q was strip-searched by female police officers in 2020

The Guardian - UK

New Radcliffe secondary school plans edge closer as pool and leisure centre set to be demolished

Radcliffe currently has no high school with more than 1,700 children travelling outside the town for lessons

Manchester Evening News

Improvements mean termination notice lifted at Nottinghamshire school

The were rated inadequate by Ofsted

Nottingham Post

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Heads say rising pupil absence is ‘extremely concerning’

Teachers say absence rates are a ‘wake-up call’ in terms of how much disruption may occur in the winter.

The Independent UK

Teaching unions warn of strikes in England despite reports of improved pay offer

Review body said to have told DfE 3% rise inadequate and instead recommended 5%

The Guardian - UK

Parents question Covid rules amid rise in school cases

With cases spiking, it's leading to pupils and staff absences once again

Manchester Evening News

Nadhim Zahawi makes U-turn on schools bill after criticism

Minister scraps plans to increase DfE control of academy trusts, derided as ‘ridiculous attempt to centralise power in Whitehall’

The Guardian - UK

Tories U-turn over Schools Bill 'power grab' after peers threaten revolt

Education Minister Baroness Barran told peers that chunks of the Schools Bill would be stripped out amid anger at plans…

Daily Mirror

Bristol parents' struggle as SEND pupils 'educationally homeless'

As of January 2022 there were 32,700 children or young people in the UK with EHCPs outside of formal education

Bristol Post

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Thousands in England miss out on their top pick for schools

Figures show many didn't get their preference on National Offer Day, but fewer primary pupils may have meant a better…

Wales Online

English schools warn of acute teacher shortages without ‘inflation plus’ pay deal

Figures show impact of pay on recruitment as unions tell education secretary to compensate for inflation or face strikes

The Guardian - UK

The Earth's Corr: 'Gold diggers' now have access to a quarter of Northern Ireland

Department for Economy has issued 13 prospecting licences since 2016 with another four under consideration

Belfast Live

Thousands of England's schools have buildings in dire need of repair

Poor state of many buildings was revealed in a survey of more than 20,000 schools across the country

Wales Online

Government appointments commissioner to run Sefton's Children's Services after Ofsted row

The decision follows an Ofsted report which was highly critical of the local authority

Liverpool Echo

Universities’ reliance on overseas income leaves them at financial risk – report

Risks could see courses or campuses close, report warns.

The Independent UK