What will happen to a £36m fund aimed at cutting infant class sizes in Wales?
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Evening emails ‘overwhelm working parents’
Almost half of parents say that technology has blurred the boundaries between work and home.
How GCSE revision helped spot a dad’s cancer
Jonathan Jenkyn says he is dodging “the grim reaper” after suffering a cardiac arrest and cancer.
Outstanding schools to face inspections again
The exemption on inspections for outstanding schools is set to be scrapped.
‘Treatment gap’ in youth mental health services
Young people are struggling to get the help they need for mental health problems, says a report.
Putting pupils in isolation ‘drives poor behaviour’
The use of isolation rooms only makes behaviour more challenging, warns a mental health charity.
Housing-benefit errors ‘making families homeless’
Struggling families are being hit by failures in the system designed to help them, a watchdog says.
Free breakfasts for poorer pupils in Wales
From September, a pilot scheme will provide extra money to Year 7 children on free school meals.
Ofsted seeks judgement-free approach to ‘stuck schools’
Inspectors call for new freedom to inspect struggling schools without publishing a judgement.
Birmingham Islamic school ‘segregated’ boys and girls
Boys at Redstone Academy enjoy school more because “they are treated favourably”, inspectors say.
Neglected children end up with ‘smaller brains’
Adopted children who suffered severe deprivation in Romanian orphanages had smaller brains than others as young adults.
University lecturers to be balloted in row over pay
The ballot is the second such vote by university lecturers in Scotland in the past 12 months.