[ad_1] Shannen HeadleyWest MidlandsHandoutCheryl Windeler raised concerns that the trust was spending money that was not in support of educationParents have criticised the trust that runs a group of 20 West Midlands schools where teachers have gone on strike.Staff at schools in the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP) have walked out over planned job cuts.Mum Cheryl Windeler said she was "totally supportive" of teachers who have extended strike action from
[ad_1] Maisie LillywhiteandEsme Ashcroft,GloucestershireRendcomb CollegeRendcomb College, which opened in 1920, will close later this yearA private school which opened more than 100 years ago has announced it will close at the end of the academic year due to financial issues.About 380 children will have to find someone else to study when Rendcomb College near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, shuts this summer. Leaders said falling pupil numbers and the economic situation have made
[ad_1] BBCNicky spent 10 years as a hostage negotiator for the Metropolitan PoliceBeing a parent and working as a hostage negotiator don't immediately appear to have a lot in common, but someone who has been both says tricks she learnt in her profession can help you at home.Nicky Perfect spent over 30 years as a Metropolitan Police officer, including 10 years as an international hostage and crisis negotiator, in the
[ad_1] Eleanor LawsonWest MidlandsBBCTwenty schools belonging to the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP) have been involved in strike action, which is now being extendedA strike by teachers at a trust that runs schools across the West Midlands has been extended for a further nine days.Twenty schools belonging to the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP) have been involved in the dispute over plans to cut jobs, initiated by members of the
[ad_1] Two schools which were closed due to a smell which provoked unexplained nausea will reopen this week after the odour was removed.Green Park School in Wolverhampton was forced to shut on Tuesday and Wednesday after the unusual odour was detected near its swimming pool, leading to paramedics assessing "a number of patients".Neighbouring school Stowlawn Primary also closed on Wednesday as a precaution while checks were under way.City of Wolverhampton
[ad_1] Pamela TickellNorth East and CumbriaGoogleSunjit Kang was the head of ICT and Business at The Grangefield Academy in StocktonA secondary school teacher has been banned from teaching indefinitely for marking up students' grades.Sunjit Kang, 40, who was the head of ICT and Business at The Grangefield Academy in Stockton-on-Tees, was found to have made a "concerted effort to falsify grades and examination performance" in about October 2023.He graded work
[ad_1] Simon FinlayLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceGetty ImagesKent County Council said its special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) bill is one of its "biggest financial risks"Overspending on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Kent could reach £136m by March, a councillor has said.Councillor Harry Rayner, a former deputy cabinet member in the previous Conservative administration, said the total could be even higher, describing the arrangement as "effectively… a debt agreement
[ad_1] SNSTrade union Unite says workers at Strathclyde have been treated with contempt by the universityMore than 400 staff at Strathclyde University, including technicians and security staff, are voting on whether to go on strike over job cuts.Trade union Unite says the university has treated staff with contempt by failing to consult unions and rule out compulsory redundancies, The university said last month that it planned to cut almost 80
[ad_1] Gabrielle WilliamsonandCatherine Lyst,BBC ScotlandLouise FraserLouise Fraser wants to move back to Scotland but is worried she will be unable to find a jobSome teachers in Scotland are spending years on the supply list or leaving the country due to a lack of permanent jobs, BBC Scotland has learned. Analysis of Scottish government figures shows that most newly qualified teachers in Scotland are no longer getting permanent jobs, especially in
[ad_1] A police investigation has begun after a report that AI-generated explicit images were allegedly shared among pupils at a County Armagh school.The investigation centres on the Royal School Armagh, which teaches about 800 boys and girls up to the age of 18.It's reported that the images were created using artificial intelligence and the fake pictures were then shared among some students.The principal told a Sunday newspaper that as soon
