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15 tips to keep your children safe online
15 tips to keep your children safe online The digital world can be a scary place for kids, and stories about cyberbullying and predators are omnipresent in the media. But…
AI could be used to provide ‘personalised learning’ to schoolchildren, Rishi Sunak says
Rishi Sunak was speaking at London Tech Week, where figures from the likes of Microsoft and Google have gathered to discuss the biggest challenges and opportunities presented by technology like…
Learn to live within your means, says Education Secretary
People need to learn to live within their means as the Government works to bring down inflation, the Education Secretary has said. Gillian Keegan said “we too must show restraint…
How to explain AI to children and tips for keeping them safe with scams on the rise
Artificial intelligence can be a hard concept for adults to fully wrap their heads around, so explaining it to kids is even harder. Having to explain this technology to kids is…
My daughter, 7, had a lockdown drill in case her school is attacked – some other parents say it’s ‘normal’, but other agree with me that it’s ‘ludicrous’ and ‘this is not the US’
A UK mum was left dismayed when her child came home from school and revealed they had had a lockdown drill. The seven-year-old arrived home from primary school and told her mum…
Some children in care ‘missing from school and becoming invisible’
Some young people in care are being failed and allowed to become “invisible” to the services which should be supporting them, the Children’s Commissioner has said. More than 1,000 school-age…
State and private schools cash gap doubles – study
The gap between private-school fees and state-school per-pupil spending in England has more than doubled over the past decade, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says. Average fees, of £13,600, were…
Children who found Sats too hard need to develop ‘resilience’, says leading headteacher
Primary school children who found a Sats reading paper too hard need to develop “exam resilience”, a leading headteacher has said. Mouhssin Ismail, who has been described as “Britain’s most…
Special schools: Significant shortfall for new term
A shortfall in special school places for the September term is “appalling”, the head of a teaching union has said. The Education Authority (EA) sent a letter to principals and…
Year 6 Sats: Children ‘distraught’ after reading paper
Parents and teachers of Year 6 pupils say a Sats reading paper was so difficult it left children in tears. One mother told the BBC that her child, who loves…
