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Louisa Clarence-Smith

Education editor
  • School heads will let pupils change gender identity if parents are told

    Ministers understood to have ruled out ban ‘social transitioning’ but tougher guidance is expected to make it less easy

    By Daniel Martin 21 Nov 2023, 8:00pm
    school toilets sign
  • Civil servants temporarily deleted clause barring teachers from pushing political views

    Department for Education temporarily removed ban from Government’s model academy funding agreement in 2020

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 20 Nov 2023, 6:52pm
    Gavin Williamson
  • BBC journalist ‘gave evidence in Somali rapist’s deportation case’

    Broadcaster’s Africa editor reportedly gave evidence for seven other cases, including for a Somali who sexually assaulted a 16 year old girl

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 19 Nov 2023, 6:38pm
    Yaqub Ahmed, was jailed in 2008 for rape and attempted to block his deportation back to Somalia
  • Childcare costs ‘forcing women to give up on their careers’

    The freedom to choose between work and raising children has been eroded by economics, says top girls' school head Marina Gardiner Legge

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 19 Nov 2023, 6:12pm
    A woman working from home with a child
  • Children in wealthy areas more likely to be diagnosed with dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD

    Report's findings described as ‘key evidence’ that there is a ‘rationing’ of support, and, consequentially, unmet need in poorer locations

    By Hayley Dixon 13 Nov 2023, 8:00am
    Fridge magnets spelling dyslexia
  • Graduates from former polytechnics earning more than Russell Group university peers

    Vocational degrees such as games art and e-sports production can lead to better-paid jobs than established courses like law

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 11 Nov 2023, 12:07pm
    Graduates from Imperial College London, which is a member of the Russell Group
  • Chinese Phd students at top universities given ‘ideological training’ before entering UK

    Those arriving under a scholarship programme have their beliefs vetted by Communist Party officials beforehand. raising security fears

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 10 Nov 2023, 10:00pm
    Students
  • Schools’ fear of teaching sex education ‘is driving rise in STIs’

    Failure to resolve controversies on the topic means it is 'avoided or outsourced to unqualified tutors', says Children's Commissioner

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 10 Nov 2023, 7:43pm
    Dame Rachel De Souza said young people have raised concerns over their lack of education on sex and relationships
  • Litter trays for pupils who identify as cats? It’s not within a whisker of the truth, says school

    Deputy head teacher forced to deny rumour that the provisions were available for children who considered themselves as felines

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 10 Nov 2023, 6:16pm
    West Monmouth school and deputy head Claire Hughes
  • Covid is still harming our education and mental health, say teenagers

    Third of 17 and 18-year olds may not have recovered after lockdown, study shows

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 9 Nov 2023, 12:01am
    A quarter of Year 13 pupils have sought mental health support in the past year
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  • AI will ‘remove the bottom rung of the career ladder in next 10 years’

    Early-career tasks such as preparing content or developing code will be replaced by automation, according to research

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 8 Nov 2023, 12:01am
    AI could particularly reduce demand for work  undertaken by professional services trainees
  • Cambridge academic co-wrote booklet featuring pro-Hamas article

    The pamphlet was handed out to students at a rally in Bristol and university said they were ‘taking this issue seriously’

    By Jacob Freedland 3 Nov 2023, 9:31pm
    Anne Alexander
  • Swastika and ‘Kill Jews’ graffiti found at London private school

    The £25,000-a-year Channing School reports incident to the police as headmistress says: ‘Anti-Semitism will not be tolerated’

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 3 Nov 2023, 6:27pm
    Channing School in Highgate, north London
  • Parents launch street patrols to protect pupils after police fail to stop muggings

    Volunteer community group Love Your Doorstep keeps watch on the streets in north London after lessons have finished

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 3 Nov 2023, 3:51pm
    Volunteer parents keep an eye out for potential muggers in Enfield to protect pupils
  • Labour private schools tax raid born of jealousy, one in four voters say

    Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has claimed adding VAT to fees will raise £1.6 billion a year for state sector

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 2 Nov 2023, 6:21pm
    Pupils make their way to class at Harrow School
  • Two men ‘attempt to abduct children near London school’

    Parents told that pair were driving a grey van and targeting pupils on Hallowe'en

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 2 Nov 2023, 5:21pm
    Two men were spotted targeting children near Clapham Common, in south London, on Tuesday evening
  • Pupils who are regularly late for school fail to achieve five GCSEs

    Department for Education data suggest ‘persistent absenteeism’ post-pandemic has taken toll on child academic performance

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 2 Nov 2023, 7:00am
     Dame Rachel De Souza
  • Academics who pander to Hamas are useful idiots, says universities minister

    Members of the University College Union approved a motion calling for a 'mass uprising' against Israel

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 31 Oct 2023, 9:17pm
    Robert Halfon said the motion approved by academics is 'appalling'
  • Teachers to strike after school orders them to smarten up their ‘professional attire’

    Staff at St Ivo Academy, Cambridgeshire, have complained about the enforced dress code as well as other ‘draconian’ new policies

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 31 Oct 2023, 7:39pm
    St Ivo Academy
  • Schools trans guidance to be published by Christmas

    The Education Secretary has said it will undergo a “long consultation” before it is finalised

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 31 Oct 2023, 6:24pm
    Gillian Keegan
  • Oxford college in name change for cash deal ‘warned about Vietnamese tycoon’s business dealings’

    It has dropped plans to adopt name of budget airline magnate in exchange for £155m gift

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 28 Oct 2023, 7:25pm
    Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao  is Vietnam’s first self-made female billionaire
  • Don’t touch our gold-plated pensions or we’ll strike, warn private school teachers

    National Education Union issues threat of industrial action over possible changes to Teachers' Pension Scheme

    By Louisa Clarence-Smith 27 Oct 2023, 6:58pm
    School class
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