Cambridge graduates create app to boost student safety

Users can activate pre-written text messages to trusted contacts if they need help on a night out.

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Childcare: £400m to expand free scheme in England

Nurseries and providers welcome rise in funding rates but say demand could soon outstrip capacity.

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'Becoming a teacher at 56 was the best thing'

Beverly Melbourne quit her Whitehall job of more than 20 years to become an English teacher.

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Family of head teacher hope lessons can be learned

The inquest into the death of Ruth Perry, who killed herself ahead of an Ofsted report, begins later.

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Mum's plea to stop filming violence in Scotland's schools

Vicky Donald says her daughter got so sick of seeing videos circulating of her attack she gave up her phone.

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Ruth Perry: Family crowdfunding after legal aid refused

Ms Perry died in January after being told Caversham Primary received a critical Ofsted report.

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What is Ofsted and how do inspections work?

The death of head teacher Ruth Perry has highlighted the pressure Ofsted inspections can put on schools.

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Shorter school summer holidays - what do parents think?

school summer holidays in could be cut by a week under new proposals.

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Parents' social contract with schools fractured - Ofsted

Parents are increasingly willing to challenge school rules, Ofsted's annual report says.

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Oxfordshire SEND: Boy with autism left without school for 18 months

Max and his mother Suzie tell the BBC about trying to get the support he needs in Oxfordshire.

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Man builds University of East Anglia halls out of Lego

Mark Hodgson recreates his campus in Lego form because he does not have many photographs of it.

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Ofsted 'seen as toxic' and schools should 'self-evaluate' instead, says inquiry

A report says Ofsted is seen as "toxic" and inspectors should not have direct contact with schools.

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Raac in schools: MPs demand answers over dangerous concrete

A "lack of basic information" from ministers is "shocking and disappointing", a report by MPs says.

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Sir James Dyson pledges £35m to Gresham's for Holt Hall development

The inventor is bankrolling the purchase by Gresham's of a former council-run education centre.

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Childcare: 'I can’t find a nursery for my unborn baby'

Demand for childcare in England will rise once government increases funded hours, BBC News analysis suggests.

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School for excluded pupils in Surrey facing surge in demand, bosses say

An education trust in Surrey says requests for its services have grown since the pandemic.

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NI school closures and disruption as non-teaching staff strike

Classroom assistants, bus drivers, canteen and cleaning staff are among those taking part on Thursday.

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Nottingham Trent University students suspended over antisemitic letter

University bosses say the two students are now set to face a disciplinary panel.

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Welsh school head teachers end industrial action after deal

Welsh school leaders accept a new deal on pay and workload, and will now work normally.

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Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall opens Cogenhoe 'forest school'

The head teacher "couldn't believe" her luck when the VIP guest agreed to a visit.

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Scotland exam staff vote for strike action in pay dispute

An SQA strike could prevent pupils getting exam results after a below-inflation pay rise is rejected.

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Grime Kids: 'We want to inspire young black and ethnic kids'

The cast of BBC Three drama Grime Kids speak about playing a group of friends who dream of local fame.

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YouTuber Big Has: 'The bread will always look after you'

Big Has holds a special cooking class to primary school pupils in Tottenham.

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Ipswich school says gender toolkit criticised by Conservative MP not a learning tool

Tom Hunt says a diagram called "The Genderbread Person" could have "dangerous consequences".

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NI education staff strike to cause 'severe disruption'

Thousands of non-teaching education staff are to take industrial action over pay and education cuts.

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Jewish students at UK universities 'deeply anxious', union warns

Both antisemitic and islamophobic abuse is rising at universities, experts tell the BBC.

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Conversion therapy: Ban not included in King's speech

Legislation first promised in 2018 still 'being considered' after months of speculation over ban.

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Parenting: Helping young dads to challenge stereotypes

They're often seen as "dangerous, feckless and disinterested", but one charity's trying to change that.

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The farm at an inner city Birmingham school

Collecting the eggs and tending to goats are part of an average day for Handsworth primary pupils.

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CBeebies' Rebecca Keatley to see other side of screen with baby due

Rebecca Keatley is seeing her work in a new light as she prepares to become a parent this winter.

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Bedford students given £3.6k to help with university costs

University student Kezia-Rose says £3.6K from the Bedford-based Harpur Trust has helped them.

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Stephen Hawking's daughter gives keynote speech at school

Lucy Hawking gives a speech to pupils in Cambridge on creating a better world for the future.

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Bereaved families welcome move to block suicide forum

Bereaved families had asked internet providers to block the forum, following a BBC investigation.

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Cornell University student held over threats to Jewish classmates

Comments posted online had threatened to shoot Jewish students a the prestigious university.

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Scottish school strikes go ahead in pay dispute

Council staff in four areas across Scotland walk out in pursuit of a better pay offer.

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