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OPINION - The Standard View: Ministers need to get an urgent grip on school building closures

There is leaving work on Friday afternoon to your future Monday morning self, and then there is the Department for Education. Days before students are set to return to classrooms, it has been half-announced that more than 100 schools and colleges must partially or fully close buildings over fears they…

Evening Standard

What is RAAC concrete? The concrete that could cause schools to collapse

What is RAAC concrete? The problem that is causing chaos among schools in England and forcing closures over safety concerns.

The National (Scotland)

More English schools could close due to crumbling concrete, minister warns

Nick Gibb says buildings continue to be surveyed for risk of collapse after over 100 were told to shut

The Guardian - UK

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Concrete closure list: What schools will have to close because of crumbling RAAC?

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

The Independent UK

School buildings in England to be closed over concrete safety fears ahead of new term

The Department for Education has been criticised for announcing school closures only day before new term

Evening Standard

Thousands of pupils may have to start term online as over 100 schools affected by crumble-risk concrete

Students and teachers at dozens of schools in England will need to be moved off site – with schools told to foot bill for alternative spaces

The Guardian - UK

September school strikes possible as rebel teachers in England set to reject pay offer

Some local branches to defy teaching unions’ advice to accept deal over recruitment concerns

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Students taking Government’s flagship T-level courses felt ‘misled’ – Ofsted

The first T-level courses were launched by the Government in September 2020 as technical alternatives to A-levels.

The Independent UK

Government delays expectation for schools in England to run 32.5 hour week

State schools will now have until September 2024 to meet minimum school week expectation due to ‘pressures’, the Department for Education said.

The Independent UK

Parents opposed to LGBT material being shown to their children protest outside Manchester primary school

They have called for an 'open and honest' conversation about the curriculum

Manchester Evening News

Fence around school playing fields could be taken down after row over public access

A row over public access to the playing fields has been going on for years

Bristol Post

700,000 pupil attending schools requiring major repairs, warns watchdog

Government does not have sufficient information to manage ‘critical’ risks to the safety of pupils and staff from deteriorating school buildings condition

The Independent UK

Almost 600 schools in England undergoing urgent structural checks

Many more unaware of danger of collapse posed by crumbling concrete, report finds

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog warns of unknown ‘critical risk’ to pupils in unsafe schools

The National Audit Office raised concerns that around 700,000 children in England are attending schools which require major repairs.

The Independent UK

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Chronicle Live

Rules on leaving school at 16 - what your options are as end of academic year approaches

We have summarised the rules from the Department for Education, including whether you can leave school after turning 16 and get a full-time job

The Independent UK

Minister asks Ofsted to inspect college over ‘pupil identifying as cat’ incident

Women and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch said the incident ‘raises issues about safeguarding at the school’.

The National (Scotland)

School denies pupil identifies as 'cat' after TikTok sparks online panic

A SCHOOL at the centre of a right-wing moral panic has said none of its pupils “identify as a cat or any other animal”.

Wales Online

Government probe into claim of child in school 'identifying as cat'

A teacher reportedly called fellow pupils 'despicable' for refusing to recognise their classmates identity

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The Guardian - UK

Sue Bailey obituary

Other lives: Expert in child protection at the University of East Anglia and a passionate fan of Norwich City FC

The Guardian - UK

Schools across England face unprecedented struggle to hire English teachers as recruitment crisis grows

Headteachers say situation is critical as they try to fill vacancies for September

Chronicle Live

Wallsend primary school St Columba's remains closed for the week following discovery of structural problems

The Catholic primary school hopes to return to face-to-face learning on Monday

Manchester Evening News

Government brands Andy Burnham’s new non-university route ‘unequal’ and ‘narrow’

The mayor wants to create a 'Manchester Baccalaureate'

Manchester Evening News

'Kids are growing up without any sports facilities': Call to fast-track pitches after new secondary school plans put 'on ice'

"We can’t be at the whim of a government department."

The Independent UK

Generation of children could face damaged prospects without swift action – MPs

A report warned it may take a decade for the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers to return to pre-pandemic levels.

Daily Mirror

Boy, 5, with special needs chokes to death after being left alone in class at school

Lucas Latouche Mazzei was watching cartoons in a classroom in Australia when teachers turned their eyes and failed to notice he found an orange, ate it and choked on it

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