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Kian Mills, 15, with his parents Julie and Aldon at home in Port Talbot. Kian is home educated after his parents took him out of St Joseph's Catholic School in June 2024. Credit: WalesOnline/Media Wales

School told to apologise after dyslexic pupil with ADHD was punished more than 250 times

UK 5 days ago By Luke Alsford

Banned teacher Ashley Atkin

Primary school teacher banned for turning up to class drunk

UK 5 days ago By Ben Lynch

US President Donald Trump holds an executive order after signing it in the East Room of the White house in Washington, DC, March 20, 2025. US President Donald Trump will sign an order March 20, 2025 to start dismantling the Department of Education, fulfilling an election campaign pledge and a long-held dream of American conservatives. By law, the Education Department -- created in 1979 -- cannot be shuttered without the approval of Congress, and Republicans do not have the votes to push that through. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signs order to shut down Education Department in front of students sitting at desks

US March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Teen girl/student walking to her school in the morning while wearing a backpack and holding binders.

It took 5 years to realise my 16-year-old boyfriend had abused me

Lifestyle March 21, 2025 By Anonymous

Teacher 'forced teen boys to wear Scream masks and have group sex'

US March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Ofsted inspector sacked for brushing rain off boy's head clears his name after five years

UK March 17, 2025 By Danny Rigg

A boy holds a smartphone in his hand

What is the Parent Pact and why have over 100,000 signed up for it?

UK March 14, 2025 By Ben Lynch

Teacher found shot dead inside school classroom

US March 6, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Cardinal Hume Catholic School

School in lockdown and pupils kept inside after 'threatening emails'

UK March 6, 2025 By Dee Zadvirna

Girl dressed in homemade cardboard box robot costume

World Book Day can be fun for parents - I've cracked the code

Books March 6, 2025 By Jen Barton Packer

A child wears a homemade cardboard dinosaur mask, adopts a fierce pose, and roars towards the camera

World Book Day has become a total farce - it’s not about reading

Books March 5, 2025 By Kirsty Ketley

A young teacher has died from a cardiac arrest at the age of just 24 - leaving her pupils at a Cardiff school and friends "heartbroken". Emily Rose Browning was described by her family and friends as a "kind, caring, and beautiful young lady" who loved teaching. Devoted Emily was teaching at Gladstone Primary school in Cardiff before her death - and staff say was a "beloved teacher" who left a "lasting impact" on the pupils in her care. In a tribute, they added: "We are deeply saddened by the loss of Emily, a beloved teacher at Gladstone, whose kindness, passion, and dedication left a lasting impact on every child, colleague, and parent who had the privilege of knowing her." Pictured here is Emily Rose Browning WALES NEWS SERVICE

Tributes pour in for 'kind, caring' young teacher who died suddenly aged just 24

UK March 2, 2025 By Jen Mills

These dramatic pictures show a huge emergency response after a primary school was hit with a bomb threat. February 25 2025. Police raced to Badbury Park Primary School, in Rainscombe Road in Swindon, Wilts, at around 2.30pm today (Tuesday) ??? working to evacuate hundreds of children to safety. Around 25 police officers were in attendance alongside Hazardous Area Response Team ambulance crews and specially-trained fire officers. Numerous homes within a 200-metre radius of the school have also been evacuated, as has the local Co-op store.

Man, 36, charged with sending bomb hoax to primary school

UK February 27, 2025 By Luke Alsford

BURNLEY, ENGLAND - MARCH 22: Children at Cherry Fold Primary School's breakfast club enjoy their food before lessons start on March 22, 2024 in Burnley, England. Labour's Shadow Education Secretary visited the breakfast program at Burnley's Cherry Fold Primary School and outlined Labour's plans to expand free breakfast initiatives to all schools in the UK. The Breakfast Club at Cherry Fold School is currently financed by the Greggs Foundation which gives schools the funds to provide nutritious food, helping 900 clubs across the UK feed over 62,000 children. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Full list of 75 London schools offering free breakfast clubs under new plans

UK February 24, 2025 By Katie Boyden

Boys in pyjamas playing with toy soldiers

I smiled when my son refused to share with another child

Families February 24, 2025 By Kirsty Ketley

School girl kills herself after ?bullies threaten to call ICE to deport her?

Girl kills herself after ‘classmates threaten to call immigration agents to deport her'

US February 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Teen girl busted 'planning school mass shooting on Valentine's Day'

Teen girl busted 'planning Parkland part two mass shooting on Valentine's Day'

US February 15, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

'I'll f*****g kill you': Mum batters rival parent in brutal attack outside school gatesA mum on the school run battered another mum outside the gates after their daughters had a fall-out, a court heard. The woman was was dragged to the ground by her ponytail and kicked in the face by Jessica Kitching, 25, in Lancaster.Kitching was collecting her daughter from school when she set upon the mother of her daughter's classmate in September, 2023. Preston Crown Court heard the children were friends, but there had been a falling out during the school holidays.A judge who suspended a prison sentence said she was 'unable to control' her behaviour.The court heard that on September 21, Kitching followed the woman out of the playground of the school and grabbed her by her hair. She dragged her to the ground and knelt on her chest before kicking her repeatedly in the face.

Mum beat up rival at school gate after their daughters fell out

UK February 13, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Prince Andrew School on St Helena renamed to something less 'controversial'

Prince Andrew School will be renamed to something less 'controversial'

World February 6, 2025 By Jasper King

President Donald Trump signs an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump threatens schools that go against his executive order

US February 6, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

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