Girls in England feel less safe at school than they did pre-Covid, survey finds
We need more male teachers so British boys have role models, says minister
March 2025
Teenagers excluded from school ‘twice as likely’ to commit serious violence
Large-scale analysis of UK police and education records reveals link between expulsion and violence within year
Social media platforms must be ‘brought to heel’, says UK schools leader
Headteachers’ conference to be told that rise in bullying, abuse and malicious use of deepfakes is being reported
Teacher vacancy rates at record high in England, report finds
NFER says pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices contributing to exodus from workforce
February 2025
Schools in Scotland witness ‘exponential increase’ in pupil violence
Teaching union finds 44% of its members have experienced physical abuse or violent episodes in last 12 months
December 2024
Allow teachers to fine parents over pupils’ bad behaviour, says Tony Blair’s thinktank
What kind of society would willingly traumatise its children in the name of education?
John Harris
November 2024
Support staff bear brunt of behaviour crisis in England’s schools, union says
Teaching assistants and other workers regularly experience physical and verbal abuse, Unison says
Schools in England lack funds to tackle rise in bad behaviour since Covid, say heads
DfE figures show more pupils suspended repeatedly, and for longer periods, than before pandemic in 2020
Ofsted head says English schools should not turn away ‘difficult’ pupils
Sir Martyn Oliver tells school leaders new report-card style inspection reports will focus on inclusion
October 2024
Schools in England and Wales use dogs and prize draws to lure absent pupils back
Steep fall in attendance after Covid could become ‘generational’ if not urgently tackled, school leaders say
Dining across the divide
Dining across the divide: ‘I’m not 100% sure I would be against corporal punishment in schools’
One is a children’s charity worker, the other a teacher. Can they come to an agreement on the behaviour crisis in education?
School starters born during pandemic lack communication skills, Ofsted says
English primary schools having to help infants catch up on speech and language to cope with lessons
September 2024
Italy revives policy of failing badly behaved pupils to ‘bring back respect’
‘Grades for conduct’, similar to a law introduced by Mussolini, aims to tackle rising aggression towards teachers
Academy chain with 35,000 pupils to be first in England to go phone-free
Exclusive: Ormiston academies trust says impact of smartphones on learning and mental health has been ‘catastrophic’
How going phone-free taught pupils at English secondary ‘to socialise, old school’
Impact of Covid lockdowns to disrupt England’s schools into the 2030s, report says
School exclusions rise by fifth in England in past year, study finds
August 2024
It’s poor choices, not suspensions, that harm students’ life chances
Letters: Adrian Hartley says pupils who are suspended can sort out behavioural issues with the help of family and friends. Plus a letter from Kevin Buckle
