Schools

Extend free school meals to all families on Universal Credit, says Children’s Society

THE Children’s Society has suggested that 885,000 children are “going hungry” without free school meals and that the pandemic has “made the situation worse”

26 Oct 2020

Letters to the Editor

State schooling 150 years on, and the condition of RE; ‘Profits and misery’ is a slur on developers; Worship and communion in the pandemic; Too much them and Us?; National call to prayer; PM’s photo misses an opportunity

02 Oct 2020

Feed all children on universal benefit, Welby and Butler plead

THE Archbishop of Canterbury has joined the Bishop of Durham, the Rt Revd Paul Butler, in urging the Government to give free school meals to all children from households on universal credit, to prevent a “harrowing” situation by Christmas for many families

01 Oct 2020

Head teachers speak of Covid stress

25 Sep 2020

Diocese of Blackburn prays for ‘wisdom and stamina’ among teachers

25 Sep 2020

Education: 150 years of state schools — not the party we expected

25 Sep 2020

Education: Vaccination battle looms for schools

25 Sep 2020

UK news in brief

11 Sep 2020

UK teenagers are most troubled, says Children’s Society

28 Aug 2020

We’ll weigh up risks of Covid, head teachers affirm

28 Aug 2020

Know your true worth, bishop tells exam-farce students

20 Aug 2020

2020 A-level results not reliable, says Children’s Commissioner

14 Aug 2020

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