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Dec
40% of teachers can’t identify a young carer in class
Four in 10 teachers are not able to identify a young carer in their class, children’s charity Barnardo’s has found. Teachers and other professionals working with children have
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Dec
Parents of summer born children will be allowed to start school aged five, minister says
Parents of summer born children will be given the option of delaying when their children join reception, the schools minister has said. The Government intends to change the
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Dec
Unhappy teachers will take 10% pay cut to escape profession
Teachers are willing to take a 10-per-cent pay cut to escape the profession and allow themselves more free time, new research from the National Foundation for Educational Research
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Dec
More than 770,000 UK children 'don't have any books of their own'
Children without books are 15 times less likely to be good readers than their book-owning peers, research shows. More than 750,000 UK schoolchildren do not have a single
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Dec
Government launches Careers Strategy after pilot in North East
SCHOOLS NorthEast takes a look at the main points of the Government’s new Careers Strategy, which was launched this week, and how this will impact our schools. Gatsby
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Dec
Government publishes mental health green paper for schools
Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper SCHOOLS NorthEast take a look at the three key ‘pillars’ of the Government’s
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