From DfEE
Press release: Spiking of university students to be tackled
Department for Education and Home Office launch a new working group dedicated to tackling the number of spiking attacks against students.
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From DfEE
National Statistics: Key stage 4 performance 2019 (revised)
Revised statistics on the achievements of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in schools, including pupil characteristics.
From DfEE
Correspondence: Minister’s letter to Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Letter from Minister Quince on the CMA’s Children’s social care market study.
Education From the Guardian Music
‘I’ve never seen one in real life’: orchestra wows young audience in Great Yarmouth
BBC Concert Orchestra residency aims to inspire children and improve wellbeing in Norfolk town Ten-year-old Fabian usually listens to pop and rock music at home in Great Yarmouth, but watching the BBC’s Concert Orchestra live on stage, it was the Read more…
From DfEE
Decision: Direction issued to Sefton Council
Statutory Direction issued to Sefton Council in relation to children’s services.
From DfEE
Decision: Improvement notice issued to Sefton Council: May 2021
An improvement notice issued to Sefton Council due to poor performance in children’s social care services.
Education From the Guardian
State schools are not the wild west and Britain’s strictest headmistress is not Clint Eastwood | Zoe Williams
The right wing press believes Katharine Birbalsingh has done something magical by creating a safe learning environment in a state school. But that just betrays their ignorance The documentary Britain’s Strictest Headmistress hit the small screen on Sunday. It continues Read more…
From BBC News
Couple finally get married after 60 years together
Alex and Jane Hamilton have been together since 1962 but only recently decided to “make it official”.
From BBC News
Abertillery: Outrage after Raheem Bailey loses finger
Celebrities back a boy who lost a finger reportedly fleeing bullies and his school closes for a day.
From DfEE
Speech: Minister Quince Oral Statement on children’s social care review
Children and Families Minister Will Quince addresses Parliament in response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care