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• Covid-19: School proms hit by continuing lockdown restrictions
  on June 24, 2021 at 9:57 am

  Pupils' plans to celebrate with their friends have been hit by continuing lockdown restrictions.

• Students: ‘Uni definitely not good value this year’
  on June 24, 2021 at 9:42 am

  Students found the experience of university in the pandemic not worth the cost, says survey.

• Government encourages schools to host 'One Britain' events
  on June 23, 2021 at 8:15 pm

  The Department for Education backs the idea - but Scotland's first minister calls it "ludicrous".

• Exams altered next year after pandemic disruption
  on June 23, 2021 at 1:18 pm

  Gavin Williamson says 2022 A-levels and GCSEs in England are likely to be modified for lost lessons.

• Should schoolchildren still have to self-isolate?
  on June 23, 2021 at 11:48 am

  More than a quarter of a million children are absent from school in the UK because of coronavirus.

• Higher ethnic minority maternity risk examined
  on June 22, 2021 at 8:31 pm

  Maternity services are failing women belonging to ethnic minorities, the charity investigating says.

• Poorer white pupils let down and neglected - MPs
  on June 22, 2021 at 10:33 am

  White pupils from low income families are falling behind "every step of the way", an education committee says.

• Covid-19: Extra disruption payment to 9,000 NI students
  on June 22, 2021 at 5:41 am

  More than 9,000 students will each receive £495 for disruption caused by the pandemic.

• Covid: Grading system leaves Welsh pupils 'in limbo'
  on June 22, 2021 at 5:01 am

  There are concerns pupils will be left "in limbo" for weeks before results are confirmed.

• New tool for under-18s to report nude photos of themselves online
  on June 22, 2021 at 12:14 am

  Children who are worried a nude picture of them has been shared online can flag it to be removed.

• Contaminated blood inquiry: The school where dozens of pupils died
  on June 21, 2021 at 4:04 pm

  Ex-pupils caught up in the infected blood scandal decades ago are giving evidence at an inquiry.

• Scottish Qualifications Authority to be scrapped after OECD review
  on June 21, 2021 at 1:06 pm

  An overhaul of Scottish education will see the exams body replaced and "substantial" reforms to the schools agency.

• 'I play all the instruments in my Irish music band'
  on June 21, 2021 at 5:52 am

  Caitríona Lagan is a 15-year-old All-Ireland champion musician who plays five instruments.

• Free school lunches for all children in P4 and P5 in Scotland
  on June 4, 2021 at 11:21 pm

  All pupils in P4 will be entitled to a school meal from August, while P5s will be offered lunches by January.

• Scottish exams body to be reformed amid grades row
  on June 4, 2021 at 7:52 am

  The announcement comes amid criticism of the SQA over plans put in place to replace school exams this year.

• School catch-up tsar resigns over lack of funding
  on June 2, 2021 at 8:57 pm

  England's school recovery commissioner Sir Kevan Collins quits, saying the funding "falls far short".

• Boris Johnson promises more school catch-up cash in 'damp squib' row
  on June 2, 2021 at 2:09 pm

  Boris Johnson defends £1.4bn tutoring school catch-up plan after heads left "hugely disappointed".

• The black children wrongly sent to 'special' schools in the 1970s
  on May 20, 2021 at 7:37 am

  In the '60s and '70s, black children were wrongly sent to schools for the "educationally subnormal".

• Contest inspires next generation of female code breakers
  on May 11, 2021 at 10:52 am

  More than 6,500 pupils from across the UK took part in the CyberFirst Girls competition.

• Face masks no longer required in classrooms
  on May 10, 2021 at 4:38 pm

  Face coverings will not be needed in England's secondary classrooms from 17 May, says the prime minister.