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16 APR 2021

Children’s Laureate calls for £100m investment in school libraries

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: government

The Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell MBE has called on Downing Street to put primary school libraries at the centre of the government’s response to the pandemic by ring-fencing £100m a year in spending to preserve under-threat facilities.

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15 APR 2020

Bleak economic forecast triggers call for schools to re-open

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: government

Downing Street is under increasing pressure to re-open schools before May half term following a shattering forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility which indicates that the UK economy will shrink by 35% as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown.

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23 MAR 2020

Parents urged not to send children to school

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: government

As schools across the UK close to most pupils, parents are being urged to keep their children at home unless it is deemed “absolutely necessary”.

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10 SEP 2019

New teachers' salary in England could reach £30,000

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: government

Starting salaries for teachers could rise by up to £6,000 under government plans to reform pay. The proposal would mean that a new teacher would earn a minimum of £30,000 from 2022/23, a significant increase from the current minimum in England and Wales (excluding London), which is £23,720.

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08 JUL 2019

Protests over schools closing early on Fridays

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: government

Hundreds of children, parents and teachers from across England travelled to London last week to protest against schools closing early on a Friday.

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07 MAY 2019

Schools to be held accountable for results of excluded children

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: government

Schools should be accountable for the exam results of pupils they have permanently excluded by including them in their league table rankings, a major new Government report will say.

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