Getty Images Banning phones in schools should be a decision for head teachers and not “imposed nationally by the government”, England’s children’s commissioner has said. Nine in ten secondary schools restrict the use of smartphones, according to a survey of 19,000 schools and colleges commissioned by Dame Rachel de Souza. Dame Rachel said children were...
Kate McGough Education producer BBC News / Kate McGough More than a third of secondary teachers have reported misogynistic behaviour from pupils at their school in the last week, a survey commissioned by BBC News suggests. About 40% of the teachers who responded also said they felt ill-equipped to handle such conduct. The BBC asked...
Martin Jones & Kaushal Menon Muralidharan BBC West Investigations BBC David Quinton waited more than a year for his CETV valuation and said he wants to join a group seeking compensation for the long waits Teachers unable to get divorced because of delays getting their pensions valued are taking legal action against the government. Hundreds...
