NHS England has said any of its staff who miscarry in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy can take 10 days’ paid leave. Partners can take five days. And...
Category - Education & Family
Cambridge University looks set to drop admission targets for undergraduates coming from state schools. It currently aims to admit at least 69% of students from...
The shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged to introduce free breakfast clubs and change the curriculum during a visit to Essex. Labour...
Primary schools in “hard-to-reach” areas are to get ultra-fast broadband as part of a government roll-out. The 91 schools across Norfolk, Suffolk...
Newly-qualified teachers in Northern Ireland could get a starting salary of £30,000, under a pay offer outlined by Education Minister Paul Givan. Teachers in...
Dame Jacqueline Wilson has been reading to animals at an East Sussex zoo to mark World Book Day. The former children’s laureate read extracts from her...
More than 120 staff at Sheffield Hallam University have been issued with “risk of redundancy” letters. They have until 18 March to apply for...
The education secretary has told an audience of head teachers that she would have “probably punched” Ofsted inspectors who recently visited a school in...
A primary pupil who brought a knife into a school faces “serious sanction”, a head teacher said. In a letter to parents, Catton Grove Primary...
More families will be able to claim child benefit from April after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt increased the point at which the benefit is withdrawn. The government...