[ad_1] Jason Arunn MurugesuNorth East and CumbriaNorthumbria PoliceZoe Williams was banned from teaching "indefinitely"A primary school teacher who sexually abused children has been banned from the profession.Zoe Williams, from Northumberland, was jailed for 10 years in November 2023 for several offences.They included her and her paedophile boyfriend filming themselves sexually abusing a child.The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) banned Williams from teaching indefinitely following a hearing in August.At the trial in
[ad_1] Helen BurchellCambridgeshireCaiusCarla Risoldi (right) returned her key to senior porter John Turton on ThursdayAn American student has returned her room key to the University of Cambridge, 40 years after accidentally taking it back to the USA with her.Carla Risoldi had been a summer school student at Gonville & Caius College for six weeks in 1985, but in her haste to make her flight back home, she forgot to return
[ad_1] Shehnaz KhanWest MidlandsGetty ImagesThe university said the flights were taken as part of its plan to announce more overseas campuses in the next 12 monthsA union has criticised Coventry University bosses for spending thousands of pounds on first class flights whilst staff are being made redundant.The University and College Union (UCU) said senior leaders spent about £150,000 on flights between January and November 2024, according to a Freedom of
[ad_1] Kate McGoughEducation reporterBBC/Kate McGoughParents protest outside Parliament this week ahead of reforms to special educational needsIndividual care plans for children with special educational needs should not be scrapped, say MPs.A new Education Select Committee report also calls for new minimum standards of support for special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in schools, as well as more training for teachers.The government is expected to publish plans on how to reform
[ad_1] Katie Nellist, who has autism and struggled to attend school, says the government needs to engage with young people over the future of the system. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The answers from young people at the BBC Teen Summit range from caring about the world to AI. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Read the most interesting discoveries from a recent survey of 2,000 13- to 18 year-olds by BBC 5 Live and BBC Bitesize. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Kristian Johnson andKate BerryBBCElizabeth can spend up to four hours a night in her room watching YouTube videosA group of teenagers from Bradford, the 2025 UK City of Culture, agreed to take all technology out of their bedrooms for five days to see how they would cope.We followed two of them, Elizabeth and Henry, to capture the highs and lows - and to see how long they lasted before
[ad_1] Branwen JeffreysEducation Editor andErica WitheringtonBBCWhen lockdown started, college student Sam was living with his mum because his parents were separated.Then his dad died unexpectedly, leaving him feeling that "something had been stolen" from him.His experience is one of many being highlighted as the Covid-19 public inquiry prepares to look at the pandemic's impact on children and young people.A new report - seen exclusively by the BBC - includes individual
[ad_1] Danny FullbrookBBC News, BedfordshireKerry RoblettThe school said uniform "sets a positive tone for learning"Parents feared their children were being "treated like criminals" after new rules were enforced at a school.Several parents contacted the BBC with concerns over strict uniform policies and reduced facilities at Manshead Church of England Academy, near Dunstable, Bedfordshire.They told the BBC that children had been placed in isolation for wearing incorrect uniform, and there were
