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Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here’s how

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here’s how
Restore the Music is a schools’ music charity that enables schools to purchase a wide range of musical instruments and equipment
Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
The landmark deployment from a new Big Issue Invest fund will enable special educational needs college Great Oaks to move to a new site in Surrey.
More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class
A new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) highlights how soaring rates of secondary school absence in England have led to disadvantaged pupils falling further behind their peers since the Covid-19 pandemic. Martin Hodge, head of education policy for Community trade union, outlines how the debate around what can be done to drive up attendance levels requires nuance and empathy
Letters: Cut, cut, cut benefits… it’s the Tory Labour way
Letters: Cut, cut, cut benefits… it’s the Tory Labour way
From fake birds to Andrew Tate: How one group is tackling conspiracy theories in schools
From fake birds to Andrew Tate: How one group is tackling conspiracy theories in schools
‘I’ve never been able to afford more than one skirt’: Labour’s school uniform plan sparks fierce debate

‘I’ve never been able to afford more than one skirt’: Labour’s school uniform plan sparks fierce debate
I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included

I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included
‘We all deserve magic’: Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty

‘We all deserve magic’: Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty
Children in poverty are missing out on memories in the school holidays. We want to change that

Children in poverty are missing out on memories in the school holidays. We want to change that
‘We’re stepping in to help kids eat’: Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils

‘We’re stepping in to help kids eat’: Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils
Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’
Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays
Will Labour’s private school tax plan ‘destroy the state sector’? Obviously not, experts insist

Will Labour’s private school tax plan ‘destroy the state sector’? Obviously not, experts insist
Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets

Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets
Free school meals: Who is eligible? And how do you apply? Here’s all you need to know

Free school meals: Who is eligible? And how do you apply? Here’s all you need to know
The government’s mobile phone crackdown in schools doesn’t ring true

The government’s mobile phone crackdown in schools doesn’t ring true
‘We’re punished for being different’: Black girls excluded from school at double rate of white pupils

‘We’re punished for being different’: Black girls excluded from school at double rate of white pupils
How a school for kids with complex educational needs is changing lives: ‘These kids can thrive’

How a school for kids with complex educational needs is changing lives: ‘These kids can thrive’
‘Being over-sexualised as a teen has grave consequences’: NXKXTA on grooming and the Lolita myth

‘Being over-sexualised as a teen has grave consequences’: NXKXTA on grooming and the Lolita myth
Al Murray: ‘Going to boarding school set me up to create the Pub Landlord’

Al Murray: ‘Going to boarding school set me up to create the Pub Landlord’
Government slammed for ‘disappointing’ silence on compulsory domestic abuse lessons: ‘It’s time for action’

Government slammed for ‘disappointing’ silence on compulsory domestic abuse lessons: ‘It’s time for action’
Funding cuts in music education will destroy our cultural landscape

Funding cuts in music education will destroy our cultural landscape
Teachers are too busy doing their jobs to give airtime to the culture wars

Teachers are too busy doing their jobs to give airtime to the culture wars
How to donate old school uniforms to help others in the cost of living crisis

How to donate old school uniforms to help others in the cost of living crisis
90,000 people sign open letter to Rishi Sunak demanding free school meals for all
