Suspending children from school is something we rarely see from educators, especially at primary level. Teachers aim to keep kids in school, where they are safe, fed and learning. However, for a multitude of reasons, senior leadership can and do decide to temporarily suspend pupils from school. Suspensions and permanent exclusions data, published in a Gov.uk package in April 2024, includes figures revealing which Sheffield primary schools handed out the most suspensions in the 2021-22 academic...
It is extremely rare for educators to decide that a pupil cannot return to their schools - it is the absolute last resort, when all other options have been exhausted. Children must be in education. It is a legal requirement and means if a child is subject to a permanent exclusion from one school then the local authority must arrange full-time education as soon as possible. They are so rare that in Sheffield only seven of the 153 primary schools within the local authority issued them in the...
Children and staff at Fulwell Junior School are celebrating their sporting success after their netball and football teams won Sunderland schools finals and have now made it through to the regional finals. One of the school’s football teams, which is made up of girls, has made it through to the Jill Scott Cup final after beating St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in the semi-final. Making it to the final is extra-special for the girls as European Championship winner Jill is a former pupil at the...
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Competition to get into Sheffield’s primary schools for this September was tougher than last year. Last week, Sheffield’s children and parents found out what ‘big school’ they will be starting at for their reception year in 2024. However, figures show many of the Steel City’s schools had to turn down more children than they did last year and are more ‘oversubscribed’ as a result, suggesting competition was tougher. It comes after the council was warned last June it needed to create 390 new...
Some Soham parents said they moved there hoping to be able to send their children to their nearest school
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The school in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, was put in lockdown after a schoolgirl allegedly lashed out with a butterfly knife and a 'Code Red' was announced over the speaker system.
Education has been a top priority for conservatives concerned about the deteriorating state of American schooling. Many on the right have championed school choice proposals as a free market model for education, helping families choose the best options available while cutting back on the government’s role in the process. Still, some conservatives think it’s too […]
Book Review of 'A Night to Remember', by Walter Lord. By Kyle Orton
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