Category: Children

We need more male teachers so British boys have role models, says minister

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, says there are too few men working in schools as UK reflects on TV series AdolescenceThe fate of boys “is a defining issue of our time”, according to the education...

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Record 4.5m children in poverty in UK as cuts condemned as ‘morally repugnant’

Data published on day after Labour announced cuts that campaigners say will hit children and disabled people hardestCampaigners have said it is “morally repugnant” that vulnerable people are bearing the brunt of...

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Unauthorised school absence widening ‘disadvantage gap’ in England

Thinktank says unauthorised absence is ‘a leading cause’ of performance gap between disadvantaged pupils and peersUnauthorised school absence is a leading cause of the widening performance gap between disadvantaged...

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Migrants and refugee families in the UK denied childcare funding, report finds

Immigration status is denying children equal access to early years education and pushing families ‘deeper into poverty’Tens of thousands of children in migrant and refugee families in the UK are being denied access...

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Ministers plan major changes to Send education in England

White paper being prepared as councils hope for relief from huge deficits in special educational needs budgets‘A ticking time bomb’: the neglected crisis of Send education in EnglandLabour is preparing major changes...

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