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Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays
It’s important to remember that you don’t have to spend lots of money to have a good time over the summer holidays. Here are some free and budget-friendly things to do which your kids will adore
Will Labour’s private school tax plan ‘destroy the state sector’? Obviously not, experts insist![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Will Labour’s private school tax plan ‘destroy the state sector’? Obviously not, experts insist
The Institute for Fiscal Studies estimate that Labour’s policy would prompt 3-5% of students in private education to leave
AI in schools: Bullies using AI to create sexually explicit images of classmates, parents warned![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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AI in schools: Bullies using AI to create sexually explicit images of classmates, parents warned
AI is driving ‘massive issues with exclusion’, concerned parents have said – while experts warn it could worsen child sexual exploitation
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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘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’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘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’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Government slammed for ‘disappointing’ silence on compulsory domestic abuse lessons: ‘It’s time for action’
Parents will ‘suffer’ balancing work and childcare as schools shut over concrete safety crisis![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Parents will ‘suffer’ balancing work and childcare as schools shut over concrete safety crisis
Funding cuts in music education will destroy our cultural landscape![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Funding cuts in music education will destroy our cultural landscape
How to donate old school uniforms to help others in the cost of living crisis![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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90,000 people sign open letter to Rishi Sunak demanding free school meals for all
Social enterprise superheroes take over the House of Lords![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Social enterprise superheroes take over the House of Lords
Seven in 10 children in families on universal credit are not eligible for free school meals![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Seven in 10 children in families on universal credit are not eligible for free school meals
‘This is austerity 2.0’: Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘This is austerity 2.0’: Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending
Labour would bring in free breakfast clubs at every primary school in England![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Labour would bring in free breakfast clubs at every primary school in England
Teachers are setting up food banks in schools to help families in the cost of living crisis![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Teachers are setting up food banks in schools to help families in the cost of living crisis
The government needs to ‘put climate and nature at the heart of education in the UK’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The government needs to ‘put climate and nature at the heart of education in the UK’
SEND green paper: Ministers wrong to suggest culture is the problem in underfunded schools, say experts![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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SEND green paper: Ministers wrong to suggest culture is the problem in underfunded schools, say experts
Government rejects calls to improve climate change education in schools![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Government rejects calls to improve climate change education in schools
Wales to make teaching Black, Asian and minority ethnic histories mandatory in schools![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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