A number of parents say trying to teach their children in Welsh during lockdown has been extremely difficult.
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Family courts: ‘Major overhaul’ aims to protect domestic abuse victims
“Sweeping reforms” aimed at protecting domestic abuse victims follow a BBC investigation.
Coronavirus: Young carers say they can’t get a break
School closures hit young carers hard, with a lack of routine increasing pressure at home, says study.
Nurseries warn of ‘mass closures’ as lockdown lifts
England’s nurseries and pre-schools warn of huge losses and mass closures without government intervention.
Furloughed Eurostar staff become French teachers
Train staff, including drivers, volunteer in the lockdown to help schools teach French online.
Coronavirus: NUS launches ‘mass action’ for lockdown students
Hundreds of thousands of students have strong cases for compensation, says the students’ union.
Apprenticeships ‘are not delivering social mobility’
The apprenticeship system is failing disadvantaged youngsters in England, says Social Mobility Commission.
Coronavirus: Scottish schools aim to reopen full-time in August
Scottish schools are planning to reopen fully in August with no physical distancing if coronavirus is suppressed.
More BAME undergraduates win places at Oxford University
Vice-chancellor Prof Louise Richardson said the diversity figures showed “steady progress”.
‘Mum died and we were left to fend for ourselves’
Three women share what it is like to witness a parent die – and then lose the other when a step-parent arrives on the scene.
Eton apologises to Nigerian ex-student Onyeama for racism
The first black person to complete his studies at Eton was banned from the school in 1972.
GCSEs and A-levels likely to be later next summer
Next year’s exam season in England could be delayed to allow more teaching time, MPs are told.