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Education
<p>Young women farmers at their demonstration farm in Chinsali, Zambia</p>
Let Girls Learn

An all-female farm in remote Zambia nurtures future climate leaders

Women and girls have a critical role to play in the fight against climate change. We meet Naomi, a young farmer in northern Zambia who is leading the way

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London

London’s excellent schools are at risk due to pupil exodus, MPs warn

Teachers and pupils will suffer if London schools continue to close down

London

London school closes after IT system hacked in ‘devastating’ attack

School in Waltham Forest has been closed since half term after it was targeted in a ‘critical incident’

Education

We need action to halt London exodus of young families, says MP

Labour MP Florence Eshalomi’s warning comes after the Evening Standard revealed that 50,000 children left London state schools last year

Education

London schools face crisis as pupil numbers plummet

50,000 quit London’s education system last year as schools face closure over loss of funding

Education

Pupils lose 300,000 hours in London’s ‘most strike-hit schools’

Parents call for end to ‘disproportionate’ string of strikes by teachers over plans to turn schools in Lewisham into academy trust

Education

Pandemic-hit students in £500m court fight

More than 100,000 students bringing a compensation case saying their education was wrecked by Covid measures

London

Free school meal plan for London ‘could leave schools worse off’

Schools will be hit by an ‘inevitable shortfall’ in funding, it has been claimed

Health

Schools to warn pupils that vaping is ‘addictive and dangerous’

The government is seeking to educate teenagers about the health impact of nicotine and vaping

Education

GCSEs 2023 start and end dates: Exam timetable for key subjects

While various subjects have their examinations at different times, they will all take place within the same period

UK

Children with mental health problems ‘need support not punishment’

Some schools are refusing to authorise absence for mental health problems, MPs hear

Education

Historic Lambeth girls school to shut due to shortage of pupils

St Martin-In-The-Fields High School for Girls will shut to most year groups this summer and cease operating completely in 2024

Education

Minister to look at tests that left pupils in ‘tears’

The Department for Education has previously said the Sats papers ‘are designed to be challenging’

Education

Brexit has pushed families out of London, says head of closing school

The 150-year-old Randal Cremer primary in Hackney is earmarked for closure next summer

UK

What are T-levels? A-level alternative open to post-GCSE pupils

Dozens of universities across the UK now accept the qualifications. So what are they?

Education

Single-sex girls’ schools are no relic of past, says top London head

Headmistress defends girls’ schools as having ‘a specific energy built on friendship, support and laughter’

World

Which European countries have free universities?

Tuition fees were controversially raised to £9,000 per year over a decade ago, sparking large protests across England

Education

Education body urges a restart to teacher pay talks

No further talks are planned amid caution over a continued stalemate

Education

London free schools meals scheme ‘could pave way to national roll-out’

The wider benefits of universal free school meals in London’s primary schools will be assessed

Education

Childcare overhaul creating ‘very odd incentives’ for richer parents

Childcare overhaul is like ‘a new branch of the welfare state’, expert says

Education

Over 10,000 London children fail to get first choice of primary school

Families across the capital have been finding out which school their children will start at in September

Education

‘Disastrous’ fall in new teachers as Londoners choose better paid jobs

School leaders warned the situation has reached ‘a new low’

Education

School starters ‘need teaching to speak to adults’

Expert gives advice for parents of children whose early years were in the pandemic as they prepare to find out their primary school for September

Education

Studies in Macbeth’s toxic masculinity in top school’s diversity drive

Alleyn’s School has overhauled its English curriculum to introduce a diverse range of authors and challenge ‘white-centric, patriarchal and cis-gender ideologies’

Education

Historic London school to close abruptly

‘Staggering’ decision to close school will hit year 10 pupils half way through their GCSEs hardest

Education

Teachers rejected pay deal “for fear it would harm schools”

More teachers would accept a deal if it was fully funded according to survey