Alabama’s 28-year ban on yoga in schools over fears it would ‘convert students to Hinduism’ stalls after lawmakers reach a tie-vote in senate After a tie vote, the bill meant to lift the decades-long ban on yoga in Alabama public schools stalled
Professor Adam Finn, from Bristol University, said the decision hinged on whether children would be benefitted by the vaccine Children may be asked to get the coronavirus jab if the spread of the virus in classrooms threatens to shut schools again, a
Gavin Williamson ordered the schools watchdog Ofsted to carry out the probe following allegations of a “rape culture” among some pupils. He also announced a new NSPCC helpline to support potential victims – both children and adults – from today. The move
The editor of the Good Schools Guide has said private schools must take responsibility for boys’ behaviour outside the classroom because they market themselves on their skill at developing a child’s character. Melanie Sanderson said independent schools should remember marketing materials and
The chief inspector of schools in England asked for more powers to monitor independent schools over ‘potential safeguarding issues’ but was ignored by ministers, it emerged today. Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman wrote to the Department for Education from 2018 to 2019 to
Outdated rules and red tape will be ditched to get Britain moving again in the biggest shake-up for a generation. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said it will create thousands of post-pandemic jobs. He pledged to revive town centres by removing eyesores, transforming
The Everyone’s Invited website has now received more than 10,000 reports of alleged sexual assault and rapes at schools across Britain. Soma Sara, 22, started the page with Meadow Walker, the daughter of late actor Paul Walker, after they bonded on Instagram
The founder of a website flooded with pupils’ allegations of sexual harassment has said the scandal should not focus on ‘naming and shaming’ specific schools. Soma Sara instead railed against an endemic rape culture that permeates ‘every school, every university, at home
State schools are being engulfed by the deepening rape culture scandal as ministers face calls to launch an inquiry. More than 8,000 reports of misogyny, harassment, abuse and assault have now been posted to the Everyone’s Invited website. After the claims initially
Girls schools could be forced to admit trans boys, leaked plan under review by UK equality watchdog shows Revealed in Equality and Human Rights Commission school guidance draft Proposes Trans children should be able to attend single sex school of any gender