UK Supply Teacher Agencies Profit from Teacher Shortage
UK supply teacher agencies are pocketing hundreds of millions of pounds in fees, profiting from a teacher shortage that costs schools over \£1.2 billion annually, while rewarding staff with lavish trips; critics condemn the excessive profits.
UK Supply Teacher Agencies Profit from Teacher Shortage
UK supply teacher agencies are pocketing hundreds of millions of pounds in fees, profiting from a teacher shortage that costs schools over \£1.2 billion annually, while rewarding staff with lavish trips; critics condemn the excessive profits.
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64% Bias Score
UK Children's Bill Criticized for Overlooking Systemic Education Issues
The Guardian criticizes the UK's children's wellbeing and schools bill for overlooking systemic issues in the education system, such as low pupil life satisfaction, high exclusion rates, and teacher shortages, while focusing on academy freedoms; it calls for evidence-based policy and greater teacher...
UK Children's Bill Criticized for Overlooking Systemic Education Issues
The Guardian criticizes the UK's children's wellbeing and schools bill for overlooking systemic issues in the education system, such as low pupil life satisfaction, high exclusion rates, and teacher shortages, while focusing on academy freedoms; it calls for evidence-based policy and greater teacher...
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48% Bias Score
UK Government's Education Bill Sparks Concerns Over Academy Freedoms
The UK government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill proposes significant changes to academy freedoms, including teacher pay, recruitment, curriculum, and expansion, sparking criticism from the opposition who claim it will harm education standards.
UK Government's Education Bill Sparks Concerns Over Academy Freedoms
The UK government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill proposes significant changes to academy freedoms, including teacher pay, recruitment, curriculum, and expansion, sparking criticism from the opposition who claim it will harm education standards.
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68% Bias Score
1.5 Million UK Students Attend Dilapidated Schools Amidst Funding Crisis
A Guardian investigation reveals that 1,576,032 students in England—one in six—attend schools needing major repairs or are in relatively poor condition due to 14 years of frozen per-pupil funding under the Conservative government, leading to concerns about irreparable harm to children's education an...
1.5 Million UK Students Attend Dilapidated Schools Amidst Funding Crisis
A Guardian investigation reveals that 1,576,032 students in England—one in six—attend schools needing major repairs or are in relatively poor condition due to 14 years of frozen per-pupil funding under the Conservative government, leading to concerns about irreparable harm to children's education an...
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52% Bias Score
England's Teacher Shortage Crisis: A Systemic Issue Requiring Significant Investment
England's education system faces a worsening teacher shortage, with fewer than 300 new teachers last year and over 40,000 leaving annually, leading to larger class sizes and unqualified teachers in specialist subjects; the government is trying to address this via increased funding and flexible worki...
England's Teacher Shortage Crisis: A Systemic Issue Requiring Significant Investment
England's education system faces a worsening teacher shortage, with fewer than 300 new teachers last year and over 40,000 leaving annually, leading to larger class sizes and unqualified teachers in specialist subjects; the government is trying to address this via increased funding and flexible worki...
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40% Bias Score
UK's New School Rating System Faces Widespread Criticism
England's new school rating system, costing £6.2 million and replacing single-word judgments with a nine-area assessment, faces widespread criticism for being rushed, flawed, and potentially worsening teacher stress; the redesign, launched September 2024, follows a headteacher's suicide linked to Of...
UK's New School Rating System Faces Widespread Criticism
England's new school rating system, costing £6.2 million and replacing single-word judgments with a nine-area assessment, faces widespread criticism for being rushed, flawed, and potentially worsening teacher stress; the redesign, launched September 2024, follows a headteacher's suicide linked to Of...
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56% Bias Score
UK Schools Demand Clearer Guidance on Pupil-on-Pupil Sexual Abuse
Women's charities are demanding clearer guidance for UK schools on handling widespread pupil-on-pupil sexual abuse, citing a 2016 inquiry reporting 600 school rapes over three years and widespread sexual harassment, with online pornography identified as a key factor.
UK Schools Demand Clearer Guidance on Pupil-on-Pupil Sexual Abuse
Women's charities are demanding clearer guidance for UK schools on handling widespread pupil-on-pupil sexual abuse, citing a 2016 inquiry reporting 600 school rapes over three years and widespread sexual harassment, with online pornography identified as a key factor.
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40% Bias Score
UK School Integrates Music to Combat Education Decline
Shireland CBSO Academy, a West Bromwich school partnered with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, provides free instruments and tuition to all students, integrating music into all subjects to combat the decline in state school music education.
UK School Integrates Music to Combat Education Decline
Shireland CBSO Academy, a West Bromwich school partnered with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, provides free instruments and tuition to all students, integrating music into all subjects to combat the decline in state school music education.
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40% Bias Score
England to Survey Thousands of Postwar School Buildings Amid Safety Concerns
Amid concerns about structural defects, England is conducting intrusive surveys of 3,600 postwar school buildings, potentially leading to closures, highlighting a wider issue of dilapidated public buildings and insufficient funding for maintenance.
England to Survey Thousands of Postwar School Buildings Amid Safety Concerns
Amid concerns about structural defects, England is conducting intrusive surveys of 3,600 postwar school buildings, potentially leading to closures, highlighting a wider issue of dilapidated public buildings and insufficient funding for maintenance.
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32% Bias Score