Legitimate https://legitimate.net/ Legitimate: Recent articles en-us 20 Children’s tsar to review schools' sex education to stop ‘horrendous’ content from campaigners Tory MP Miriam Cates said she was contacted by a parent whose nine-year-old child came home 'shaking' and 'white as a sheet because they’d been taught in detail about rape' 05 Jul 2022 14:32 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/childrens-tsar-review-outsourcing-sex-education-schools-1724543 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/childrens-tsar-review-outsourcing-sex-education-schools-1724543 Will Hazell Children's Commissioner Schools Sex Education Proportion of 11-year-olds hitting expected standards in Sats tests slumps The schools minister Robin Walker said the results were “disappointing” but “expected due to the impact of the pandemic” 05 Jul 2022 10:47 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/sats-results-2022-national-ks2-scores-slump-1723860 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/sats-results-2022-national-ks2-scores-slump-1723860 Will Hazell Covid-19 Primary schools Sats Schools Schools cutting healthy meals as cost of living crisis bites, MPs reveal Schools are dealing with increased staff costs of 12 per cent, increased gas costs of 20 per cent and increased electricity costs of 30 per cent, the Government has been told 04 Jul 2022 15:33 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/schools-cutting-healthy-meals-inflation-energy-prices-rise-1722506 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/schools-cutting-healthy-meals-inflation-energy-prices-rise-1722506 Will Hazell Cost of Living Crisis Inflation School meals Schools Quarter of Britons don't think it's important to speak the local language when abroad Almost one in five said they would not want to be fluent in a language other than English 04 Jul 2022 05:00 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/quarter-britons-dont-think-its-important-speak-local-language-abroad-1720639 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/quarter-britons-dont-think-its-important-speak-local-language-abroad-1720639 Will Hazell Apps holidays Languages Quarter of young Europeans don't believe in human-driven climate change On average, older Europeans are more likely to believe in human-driven climate change 03 Jul 2022 13:19 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/young-europeans-dont-believe-climate-change-1720578 https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/young-europeans-dont-believe-climate-change-1720578 Will Hazell Climate change Nadhim Zahawi had to defuse Tory backlash over Schools Bill to keep his leadership credentials There was no way Nadhim Zahawi was going to let himself become defined in the Conservative Party as the man who sold out the academies revolution 01 Jul 2022 14:29 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/nadhim-zahawi-u-turn-defuse-tory-backlash-schools-bill-leadership-credentials-1718481 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/nadhim-zahawi-u-turn-defuse-tory-backlash-schools-bill-leadership-credentials-1718481 Will Hazell Conservative Leadership Contest Nadhim Zahawi Schools Tory Leadership Education Secretary forced into u-turn over bid to 'grab powers' from 25,000 schools The retreat by the government follows widespread criticism of the bill, including by three former education ministers 30 Jun 2022 12:47 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/schools-bill-u-turn-nadhim-zahawi-drop-plans-powers-academies-1715851 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/schools-bill-u-turn-nadhim-zahawi-drop-plans-powers-academies-1715851 Will Hazell Nadhim Zahawi Schools Naked pictures of girls are being swapped online during class without their consent, MPs told Soma Sara, founder of the Everyone's Invited website, said that young people were using AirDrop and Google Drive to swap pictures in schools 28 Jun 2022 17:29 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/naked-pictures-girls-online-school-class-digital-violence-images-1711744 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/naked-pictures-girls-online-school-class-digital-violence-images-1711744 Will Hazell me too Online abuse Online Safety Schools sexual abuse University student union apologises for displaying flags linked to slavery at summer ball Students have raised concerns about the use of the "racist" and "insensitive” flag at Harper Adams University's 'Wild West' themed summer ball, while black staff working at the event were shocked at its inclusion 28 Jun 2022 11:35 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/harper-adams-university-student-union-slavery-confederate-flags-summer-ball-1710866 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/harper-adams-university-student-union-slavery-confederate-flags-summer-ball-1710866 Will Hazell History racism Slavery students Universities Fears UK Mandarin teaching is too dependent on China's 'very dangerous' Confucius Institutes As the controversial cultural centres come under increasing political pressure, MPs and China experts are calling for more funding for Mandarin teaching to make schools and universities less reliant on the Chinese state 25 Jun 2022 05:00 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/banning-china-confucius-institutes-uk-mandarin-teaching-1703186 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/banning-china-confucius-institutes-uk-mandarin-teaching-1703186 Will Hazell China Iweekend Schools Taiwan Tibet Teacher union threatens strike unless Government awards 'inflation-plus' pay increase The NEU says it will be 'throwing the kitchen sink' at plans to ensure teachers 'get the pay rise they deserve' 22 Jun 2022 08:00 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/teacher-union-strike-neu-government-inflation-pay-increase-1699658 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/teacher-union-strike-neu-government-inflation-pay-increase-1699658 Will Hazell Inflation Nadhim Zahawi Pay teachers Promise of Prince William as king will keep Commonwealth countries hanging on, expert says Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams says some nations currently mulling republicanism might be persuaded to stick with the monarchy 21 Jun 2022 05:00 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/prince-william-birthday-promise-duke-cambridge-king-commonwealth-1696528 https://inews.co.uk/news/prince-william-birthday-promise-duke-cambridge-king-commonwealth-1696528 Will Hazell Earthshot prize Kate Middleton Prince William Royal Family Opening more grammar schools will not improve social mobility, headteachers tell Boris Johnson The Association of School and College Leaders said opening new grammars 'would be likely to lead to worse outcomes for those who are not selected' 20 Jun 2022 16:59 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/grammar-schools-opening-more-social-mobility-headteachers-boris-johnson-1696680 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/grammar-schools-opening-more-social-mobility-headteachers-boris-johnson-1696680 Will Hazell Boris Johnson Grammar schools Schools Every school should expect drop in GCSE and A-level grades, warns Ofqual head Dr Jo Saxton, Ofqual's chief regulator, said that schools achieving higher results than 2021 “will be few and far between, if any” 17 Jun 2022 12:17 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/exam-results-2022-every-school-drop-gcse-a-level-grades-ofqual-head-1692533 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/exam-results-2022-every-school-drop-gcse-a-level-grades-ofqual-head-1692533 Will Hazell A-levels Exams GCSE Ofqual AQA issues apology to A-level law students after asking question on unexpected topic It is the second time that the AQA has blundered over the “advance information” it provided to pupils before exams 17 Jun 2022 10:19 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/aqa-apology-a-level-law-students-unexpected-1692178 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/aqa-apology-a-level-law-students-unexpected-1692178 Will Hazell A-levels Exams GCSE Law Only ‘rubber bands and sellotape’ hold Academy schools rules system together, says minister The Education Secretary said that his schools bill was not about a 'centralisation of power over academies', and that new regulations are needed 16 Jun 2022 14:05 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/academy-schools-rules-system-held-together-nadhim-zahawi-new-powers-1690525 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/academy-schools-rules-system-held-together-nadhim-zahawi-new-powers-1690525 Will Hazell Nadhim Zahawi Schools Stubborn minority of universities refusing to return to face-to-face teaching, minister says Michelle Donelan says students being able to attend parties but not lectures 'makes absolutely no sense', with all Covid restrictions now lifted 16 Jun 2022 05:00 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/universities-face-teaching-online-lectures-higher-education-minister-michelle-donelan-1689212 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/universities-face-teaching-online-lectures-higher-education-minister-michelle-donelan-1689212 Will Hazell Covid-19 students Universities AQA exam board apologises to GCSE physics pupils for asking question it told them not to revise AQA has apologised for the blunder, which saw GCSE physics students grilled on a topic which the exam board had told them would not appear in last Thursday's paper 13 Jun 2022 17:20 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/aqa-apologises-gcse-physics-question-1684363 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/aqa-apologises-gcse-physics-question-1684363 Will Hazell Exams GCSE Physics Stop obsessing about poor pupils getting into Oxbridge, says social mobility tsar The social mobility tsar will say that more attention should be given to people making 'smaller steps' up the ladder, such as the son of a postman becoming a branch manager or the daughter of a care worker becoming a primary school teacher 09 Jun 2022 05:00 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/education/stop-obsessing-about-poor-pupils-getting-into-oxbridge-says-social-mobility-tsar-katharine-birbalsingh-1676137 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/stop-obsessing-about-poor-pupils-getting-into-oxbridge-says-social-mobility-tsar-katharine-birbalsingh-1676137 Will Hazell Oxbridge Social mobility Uncertainty over Boris Johnson's future could mean tax cut pledges and more weapons to Ukraine The result of the vote will have significant implications for the Prime Minister's domestic and foreign policy agendas 07 Jun 2022 09:45 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-future-uncertanity-cost-living-ukraine-government-work-1673155 https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-future-uncertanity-cost-living-ukraine-government-work-1673155 Will Hazell Boris Johnson Conservative party Cost of Living Crisis Ukraine