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A group of senior school leaders is calling on teachers to donate 1 each to launch a legal challenge against Ofsted, pledging to hold the inspectorate to account for ending careers and causing a mental health crisis.The vice-president of the Conservative education society, John Bald, a former Ofsted inspector, is fronting a crowdfunding page for the group, which is called Fair Judgement.

These are just three statistics that exemplify the current mental health crisis that is sweeping the nation.The pandemic, a turbulent time which transformed life as we knew it, has taken a tremendous toll on the mental health of teenagers in the UK.More worryingly, secondary schools are struggling to meet the needs of their students with mental health problems.

While I was playing with my toddler at the park in 2012, another mom told me about a new show that you have to see: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.Soon, I was hearing the show's coping strategy jingles everywhere.How many of us used the song, When you have to go potty, stop and go right away to toilet train our kids?

Girls in single-sex schools have coped better with the pandemic, new research reveals.Findings from this year's Sunday Times Parent Power rankings show both private and state single-sex girl schools have topped the academic league tables.The list is the first time anyone has compared this year's A level and GCSE results with those of 2019  the last time teenagers sat traditional exams before the pandemic.

No matter the state of the real world, there's nothing quite like children's books to remind you to marvel at the everyday and find hope in the darkness.Perhaps that's one reason why the sector in Britain is set for its ninth consecutive year of growth in 2022, according to the Bookseller, with a wealth of sensational fiction and nonfiction published.

Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School is rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted (Image: Google Street) Which secondary schools in Havering have education regulator Ofsted's top rating?We've looked through the data to find out.Earlier this month, Havering Council revealed it had put plans for a new secondary school on hold after a report suggested there is no immediate demand for one.

The founder of a project that campaigned for girls' education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, his brother and the UN have said.The Taliban government last year barred girls from attending secondary school, making Afghanistan the only country in the world where there is a ban on education.

Demand for alternative provision places in Havering is set to rise, the council says (Image: PA) Havering Council wants teachers and parents to give their views on its plans for ensuring "quality" school places for the borough's children.The authority's draft children and young people education place planning plan 2023 opened for public consultation today (March 20).

Councils confirmed the secondary school that your child has a place at last week (March 1).Enfield Independent has looked at which are the best schools across the borough, and which are the worst, according to Ofsted.READ MORE - Beyonce UK tour: Tottenham Hotspur stadium breaches licence Outstanding Nine schools in Enfield are rated outstanding' by Ofsted.

There are 18 secondary schools in Islington that have been given a rating by Ofsted (Image: Google) Secondary school offers for those who applied on time have been released across the country.Councils confirmed the secondary school that your child has a place at last week (March 1).The Islington Gazette has looked at which are the best schools across the borough, and which are the worst according to Ofsted.

Teacher strikes: student impact - Grace Cater, Beal Sixth Form (Image: Photo by Max Fischer) Students and parents alike are surely aware of the teacher strikes that have taken place all over the United Kingdom at the start of February, but do you know why they happened?Teachers and other staff in education have taken action against the government regarding unfair pay, poor work conditions, and much more.

27 minutes ago27 minutes ago Matiullah Wesa, the founder of an Afghan girls' education project, was arrested in Kabul by Taliban authorities, according to the UN mission to Afghanistan.Matiullah Wesa, a prominent advocate for the education of women in Afghanistan, was detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul this week, the United Nations Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Tuesday.

Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Nadine White Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter The Race Report A shocking video shows the moment a mass brawl broke out between students at a secondary school in Kent.The footage shows a group of around a dozen girls fighting and hurling abuse at one another during a violent incident at Walderslade Girls' School in Chatham.

A paedophile passed Met Police vetting procedures to become a Safer Schools Officer attached to a school.PC Hussain Chehab, 22, served as a Safer Schools Officer in North London, and pleaded guilty to eight sickening child sex offences this week on girls aged between 13 and 15.Chehab, joined the police in 2020, and is known to have entered into a sexual relationship with multiple children, including keeping indecent photographs of them on his devices.

A strong majority of the U.N. Security Council urged Afghanistan's Taliban rulers Friday to immediately reverse all oppressive restrictions on girls and women.The council then went into a closed meeting to discuss the Taliban's latest ban on woman working for humanitarian groups, a move that is exacerbating the already critical humanitarian crisis in the country.

The United Nations' human rights chief has decried increasing restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan, urging the country's Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately.aliban authorities stopped university education for women last week, sparking international outrage and demonstrations in Afghan cities.

Russian long-range strikes have killed at least 10 civilians and hurt 20 others in several areas of Ukraine, Ukraine's presidential office said.t comes as a senior Moscow official said the Kremlin's forces are prepared for an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive in the coming weeks.Five people died in Kostiantynivka, a town in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk province, when a Russian missile hit an aid station.

Ukraine's president posted a video showing what he said was a Russian missile slamming into an apartment building in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, after Russia launched exploding drones that killed at least four people at a student dormitory near Kyiv before dawn.ust hours earlier, Japan's prime minister had left the Ukrainian capital following a show of support for the country.

Russia has launched exploding drones that killed at least four people at a student dormitory near Kyiv, hours after Japan's prime minister left the Ukrainian capital following a show of support for the country.he attack in the city of Rzhyshchiv took place the same day Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Moscow after discussing his proposal for ending the war, which has been rejected by the West as a non-starter.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Covid-19 levels are rising in most parts of the UK, in the latest sign a new wave of the virus is under way.Infections have increased in England, Wales and Scotland, though Northern Ireland is continuing to see a fall.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email It can be a daunting time for families when they wait to find out whether or not their child got a place in their chosen secondary school.March 1 is National Offer Day the day that all Year 6 students find out the secondary school they have been allocated.

The number of patients in hospital with flu in England has dropped by nearly two-thirds since the start of the year, in the latest sign that the winter wave of infections has peaked.Covid-19 patient levels are also continuing to fall, though norovirus cases have risen slightly.An average of 2,034 flu patients were in hospital beds each day last week, down 63% from the week to January 1, NHS data shows.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A school worker who lost an employment tribunal after claiming she was sacked because of her Christian beliefs is appealing against the ruling.Kristie Higgs, 46, was dismissed for gross misconduct by Farmor's School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, in 2019 after sharing Facebook posts criticising plans to teach LGBT relationships in primary schools.

Sometimes, as a matter of convenience - like if they live far from a hospital or have a history of quickly delivering babies - a pregnant person may choose to schedule a time to get labor electively induced so they know exactly when they're going to deliver their baby and ensure they'll be in the hospital to do so.

What do you want to do with your future?By Ruqqayah Zulkifal, EGLA (Image: Tom Hermans Unsplash) It's that time of year when year 11s are hearing back from their 16+ options.Weather it's a college, sixth form, apprenticeship In September 2015 the school leaving age was raised to 18 and now 8 years later this is still the case.

Police have arrested a 16-year-old pupil after a teacher was stabbed to death at a secondary school in south-west France.The attack at the Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, a Catholic private school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, near Bayonne, happened in a classroom when a teenager allegedly pulled a knife from his bag at about 10am on Wednesday and stabbed the 52-year-old woman once.

Westminster council will provide children aged between three and 14 with school lunches in an expansion of its free school meals programme.It is another victory for the Standard's School Hunger special investigation and comes after Mayor Sadiq Khan announced all primary school children in London will be given free lunches from September for one year.

A trainee pilot is set to fly at Europe's largest annual meeting of hot air balloons after being gifted her own envelope.Alyssa Pitt, 18, has been an avid ballooning fan since she was a small child and embarked on her first flight at the 2012 Bristol International Balloon Fiesta when she was just seven.

A voice note on a 12 year-old's mobile phone, four days before he was found unconscious, told the boy his mother wanted him to be an abortion', an inquest heard.Archie Battersbee's life support was withdrawn last August after his parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, failed in bids to overturn a High Court ruling that doctors could lawfully do so.

T he Irish writer Gavin McCrea was supposed to be writing the third in a loose trilogy of novels about the development of communism, following Mrs Engels (2015), told in the voice of Friedrich Engels's Irish wife, Lizzie Burns, and The Sisters Mao (2021), set in China and London during the 60s and 70s.

Bower Park Academy is the latest school impacted by a TikTok craze (Image: Google/PR Newswire) A Havering secondary school has slammed an unhelpful TikTok trend after pupils protested against limits to toilet use during class time.Pupils across the country have reportedly been using TikTok to organise and record protests in response to a range of alleged grievances, including the length skirts are allowed to be.

Almost 70 per cent of children in London got an offer from their first-preference secondary school, according to data from the Pan London Admissions Board (Image: PA WIRE) Children due to start at a Havering secondary school this September are among those in London most likely to have secured a preferred place, according to this year's National Secondary Offer Day results.

A lmost a third of London children missed out on their first choice of secondary school, figures revealed on Wednesday.It means that almost 28,000 will start a school in September that was not their top choice, while 5,000 children in the capital did not get an offer from any of their preferred schools.

The best and worst schools in Hackney according to Ofsted (Image: Google) Secondary school offers for those who applied on time have been released across the country.Councils confirmed the secondary school that your child has a place at on Wednesday (March 1).With that in mind, we have compiled a list of the best and worst rated primary schools in Hackney, according to Ofsted.

A Met Police officer who was attached to a secondary school has pleaded guilty to child sexual offences.PC Hussain Chehab, 22, pleaded guilty at Wood Green Crown Court to four counts of sexual activity with a teenage girl in 2019, before he joined the force.He also pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photographs of a child and one count of sexual communications with a child.

A serving Metropolitan police officer who was posted in a north London school has pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse offences.PC Hussain Chehab, 22, admitted four counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15, three counts of making indecent photographs of a child, and sexual communication with a child.

Children at primary schools affected by the Strep A outbreak could be given antibiotics as a blanket prevention measure, in a move described as rare by health officials.A government minister revealed the plan in response to the eighth death of a child from the infection.According to the i, the highly unusual move would see penicillin or an alternative antibiotic given to all children in a year group that had been hit by a case of Strep A  even if they did not have symptoms.

Children at primary schools affected by the Strep A outbreak could be given antibiotics as a blanket prevention measure, in a move described as rare by health officials.A government minister revealed the plan in response to the eighth death of a child from the infection.According to the i, the highly unusual move would see penicillin or an alternative antibiotic given to all children in a year group that had been hit by a case of Strep A  even if they did not have symptoms.