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Three new teacher strike dates have been announced

New teacher strike dates for February 2025 announced

Viral infections like the flu are very common in children.

Flu symptoms in kids: warning signs parents need to know

Alan Mak MP, who is campaigning for a national public inquiry into the rape and grooming gangs scandal

Havant MP Alan Mak calls on residents to support his campaign for national publi...

Watch: ‘Immaculate’ brand new net-zero 'ghost school' will never open

Watch as man goes snowboarding down street during heavy snow

Norovirus is highly contagious and cannot be killed by alcohol hand gels.

Parents warned to keep children with these symptoms off school

Making your way to work in Ballymena this morning in tricky conditions

Hampshire schools closure: Schools close amid cold weather

Schools are able to close if the weather makes it unsafe for staff or students to get there

How to find out if your child's school is open when it snows

The deadline to apply for places is approaching

Everything you need to know about primary school application deadline

Pupils at Winchester College, one of the UK's most famous private schools

How Britons really feel about VAT on private school fees

Private school fees could go up an average of more than £3,000 per year, new research warns

Private schools fees may rise 'thousands' for parents, as VAT kicks in

These are some of the key dates parents need to know for 2025

The key dates in education that parents need to know in 2025

These schools were among the country's highest performers in the most recent school year

England's top 20 secondary schools for 2025 named in league table

Some older school buildings may pose a safety risk

Government to survey older schools for defects - what you need to know

Selective grammar schools and comprehensive schools alike made the list in different parts of England

Each region's top 5 state secondary schools for 2025

All three of the new schools aim to fill a local need

A look at three new schools set to open in England in 2025
All three of the new schools aim to fill important needs in their community 🏫
Amber Allott

English schoolchildren have plenty of holidays to look forwards to throughout the year

England's school holiday and term dates for 2025 - full list

The bill could mean big changes for schools and families who home school alike

What parents need to know about Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

These were some of Portsmouth's highest performing state primaries

Portsmouth's 9 best state primary schools of 2024

The Henry Cort Community College could be shut and moved to North Whiteley

Growing calls to save Fareham school from closure

Christmas Jumper Day 2024 is nearly here.

Watch: Christmas Jumper Day 2024: When is Christmas Jumper Day?

Hampshire's top-performing state secondary schools have been named by new GCSE data

Hampshire's top 16 state secondary schools for 2024

Peel Common Infant School and Nursery Unit is closing and moving to Peel Common Junior School in Gosport

Makeover for Gosport school as another closes due to lack of pupils

A poll of 2,000 parents with children aged between 10 and 20 found 85 per cent worry they will give their offspring bad financial advice

Parents worry they will give their kids bad financial advice

Alan Mak MP with schoolchildren from Havant on a previous visit to Parliament

Havant MP Alan Mak congratulates local schools and community groups for UK Parli...

Algebra, geometry and statistics will all make an appearance in GCSE-level maths

What this year's GCSE maths pupils will learn before their final exam

Your child's school may close if it becomes too dangerous to travel there

Official temperature and snow day rules for schools in UK cold snap
In some cases, you may be allowed to keep your child home ⛄
Amber Allott

Sheffield has woken up to snow this morning.

Watch: Snow coats roads and parks across UK as travel is disrupted

This is not the first time National Education Union members have gone of strike in recent years

Everything you need to know about upcoming sixth form college strikes

Young people could miss the chance for invaluable hands-on learning if phones are completely banned from schools

'Banning phones in schools might do kids more harm than good' Amber Allott

There have been concerns that private schools raising fees in response will edge out many families

Explainer Why private schools will be taking on the Government in legal battle

Resits take place much like standard GCSE exams

Everything you need to know about GCSE resits

These parts of England are trying to get new academies built

The parts of England getting brand new academies

Henry Cort Community College in Whiteley. A consultation has been launch to relocate the school.

Consultation launched to move school despite residents' preference

Schools were using their budgets for everything from food to toothbrushes for their students

Two thirds of poorest schools buying hungry kids food out of pocket

A new multi-sport facility, which was formally a tennis centre, has officially opened and been renamed Tom Prince Sports Centre, after a former Priory School student, Tom Prince, a lively and loving boy who passed away the day before his 16th birthday following a diagnosis of the rare bone cancer, osteosarcoma.

Pictured: The officially opening and renaming of the centre

Ceremony marks official renaming of sports centre after Tom Prince

The Phipps Family: Tara, Poppy, Paul and Jack.

Watch: Dad fined for term-time trip with autistic son and his daughter

The tax on private school fees was confirmed in the October budget by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. There are worries from military families that this will unfairly affect them.

Military families given more cash to offset tax on private school fees

Local councils, schools, and community groups are increasingly investing in repairs

Ad Feature UK playgrounds in crisis

Here's what has been announced for education in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget

Budget day: What has been announced for schools and education?

Child plays with building blocks.

Watch: Measures for families announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget

A private schooling expert says that happier children learn better

Private school approach may be the cure for absence woes - expert

Zinedine Meah (centre) is one of the students who has been awarded an assisted place at Bradford Grammar School

Mystery benefactor bankrolls student's places at elite private school

Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to give a speech at the Treasury in July 2024 (Photo: Jonathan Brady - Pool/Getty Images)

What to expect from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Autumn Budget

Two school in Gosport are getting more funding from the council for special provision.

Special education provision could be expanded at two Gosport schools

Prospect School has been described as ambitious with a 'broad and balanced curriculum that reflects its high
expectations.'

School in Havant described as 'ambitious'

Current SEN spending is putting councils in a tricky position, the report says

Special education system 'failing' - could next week’s Budget fix it?

Police cordon off Ainsdale Beach as WW2 device blown up

Dramatic moment unexploded WW2 bomb is blown up on cordoned-off beach

Nearly one in five school children are persistently missing school, the latest figures show

The worst offending regions in new school absence data

Ruth Lue-Quee, education consultant from Staffordshire, who says period poverty is more widespread than people think

Secondary school teachers call for better and earlier period education

Homeschooling can offer more flexibility for families, an education expert says

'I'm a GCSEs tutor - here's what you should know before homeschooling'

The Henry Cort Community College

Parents urged to have their say on plans to move secondary school

Dozens of classic books and plays make an appearance of the dense reading lists

The books your A Level English lit student may need to read this year

Cutting Deep: The Knife Crime Crisis talks to one of the most hard-hitting anti-knife crime school teachers in the country, and looks at the issues facing young people and weapons.

Knife crime documentary: 'My brother was killed for revenge'

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Armed police rush to two secondary schools

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