School bans mirrors from toilets after students spend too long staring at themselves
Students that require mirrors for “medical purposes” must request one from reception. A Lincolnshire school has banned mirrors from its bathrooms after students took too long while looking at themselves. According to the school’s headmaster, the whole ordeal was making students late for class and made others feel uncomfortable. Grant Edgar, headmaster at William Farr […]
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It’s time to consider shortening school summer holidays, says Ofsted chief
Many children are still playing catch up from Covid Britain’s chief schools inspector claims it is time to think about shortening the summer holidays. Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver highlighted that children are only in school for 190 days each year when holidays and teacher training days are excluded. Speaking to LBC Radio he said: […]
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State schools to receive £1.7bn from scrapping of private school VAT break
‘Every single penny of that money will go into our state schools’ Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised state schools will receive “every penny” raised by scrapping the VAT break on private school fees. From January 1, private schools will no longer be exempt from charging 20 per cent VAT on their fees. The move to […]
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Private schools having to go without embossed stationery and new swimming pools
Private schools are being forced to cut back on the “frills” as they make tough decisions ahead of planned changes to their charitable status. Labour intends to introduce 20 per cent VAT on education and boarding services which private schools provide from 1st January 2025. Private schools’ eligibility for charitable rates relief will also be […]
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Eton has banned smartphones and is giving students ‘brick phones’ instead
The top private school is bringing back the Nokia One of the country’s top private schools is banning smartphones for its youngest students and giving pupils ‘brick phones’ instead. Smartphones are one of the biggest debates facing schools, with a government committee saying that they should be banned for all children under 16 years old […]
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University knocks Oxford and Cambridge off top spot as UK’s best
It’s the first time in years that Oxbridge has been overshadowed. A London-based university has leapfrogged Oxford and Cambridge as the top uni in the UK. Imperial College London, which has it’s main campus in the affluent Kensington area of the capital, has taken the top spot of UK’s best university. A new international league […]
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