A Mandarin speaking competition aims to boost pupils’ language skills.
Tag: Education
Young carers ‘average £12,000 of unpaid work a year’
Young carers are spending an average of 25 hours a week looking after loved ones, new research suggests.
Crossing the border to go to school in the US
Sixteen-year-old twins Ana Fernanda and Ana Luisa begin their journey from Mexico in the early hours.
Welsh language education scheme rolls out across Wales
The scheme is seen as key to achieving a target of one million Welsh speakers by 2050.
‘How I hid my autism to fit in’
Eloise Stark describes how she created strategies to help her “fit in” with others until her diagnosis.
MP Tracy Brabin’s off-the-shoulder dress sells for £20k
Labour MP Tracy Brabin auctioned off the dress for charity after it caused controversy in the Commons.
Peterborough Roman Catholic primary gets green light
The school will be the first state-funded Catholic school built in England for more than a decade.
Education ministers pull plug on 5,000 post-GCSE qualifications
Many courses with few or no students will be scrapped as ministers prepare for T-levels in England.
Ysgol y Deri school making everyone feel ‘really happy’
A special school in the Vale of Glamorgan helps pupils whose conditions are a barrier to learning.
Children who sit too much ‘more likely to get depressed’
People of all ages should be encouraged to be less sedentary, a study suggests.
Sexual assault claims ‘gagged’ by UK universities
Nearly a third of universities have used non-disclosure contracts for student grievances since 2016.
Government ‘to ban’ placing children in unregulated homes
The government says it wants to stop cared-for children under 16 from being placed in unregulated homes.