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Eleanor Harding

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Education Editor at the Daily Mail. Views my own. Retweets are not endorsements. Contact me on [email protected]

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Children's Commissioner declares childhood 'emergency' over 'Dickensian' inequalities affecting life chances dailymail.com/news/article-1…

Revealed: The hardest places to grow up in England

In a bleak account of the hardships facing England's youth, Middlesbrough came out as the toughest area to be a child - just months after the town descended into anarchy following the A66 crash.

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Dozens of councils to give out potty training guides to parents dailymail.com/news/article-1…
Councils to give out potty training guides to parents

Councils to give out potty training guides to parents

From this spring, up to 20 councils plan to deliver instruction leaflets to parents alongside their primary school place offer.

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Exclusive: Britain's worst degrees for graduates being out of work revealed dailymail.com/news/article-1…
Revealed: Britain's worst degrees for graduates being out of work

Revealed: Britain's worst degrees for graduates being out of work

New analysis by the Daily Mail has identified the top 20 course groupings, by university, for graduates being out of work five years after leaving.

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School librarians are having to remove art books containing 'historic paintings of nudes', union is told dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
School librarians told to remove art books with 'paintings of nudes'

School librarians told to remove art books with 'paintings of nudes'

The 'insane' trend was revealed by a delegate at the annual conference of the National Education Union (NEU), saying she had heard 'many accounts' of art books being cut.

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Zack Polanski gets a standing ovation from the NEU in Brighton today after pledging to tax the rich to give more money to schools
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Britain's 'world standing' at risk from boys' lower GCSE grades - report dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Boys' underachievement putting Britain's world standing 'at risk'

Boys' underachievement putting Britain's world standing 'at risk'

Author Professor Alan Smithers believes the issue is being ignored because of 'fashionable narratives' that frame boys as 'privileged'.

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The small county where 41% of A-level entries were A/A* - as pupils nationwide celebrate another bumper crop of grades dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Top A-level grades hit record high outside of Covid pandemic

Top A-level grades hit record high outside of Covid pandemic

Pupils are celebrating a bumper year for A-level results after scoring record top grades outside of the pandemic years.

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Universities likely to take students who miss their grades this year - Ucas dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Cash-strapped universities 'will take students who missed grades'

Cash-strapped universities 'will take students who missed grades'

Jo Saxton said a 'record number' of students are likely to get their first choice place, even including those that 'near-missed' their grades.

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Girls should be 'mobilised' to expect more from relationships - Lord Blunkett dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Peer: Girls should be mobilised to stop boys becoming 'waste of space'

Peer: Girls should be mobilised to stop boys becoming 'waste of space'

The former Labour education secretary said schools should empower girls to 'expect more' from the boys they have relationships with.

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Going to Uni now costs up to £56K on top of student loans - HEPI report dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Going to university 'costs an extra £56K' on top of students loans

Going to university 'costs an extra £56K' on top of students loans

The Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) found rising costs are increasing the burden on families of sending their child to study away from home.

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The best universities in Clearing - and how to scoop a top spot dailymail.co.uk/news/article…

The best universities entering Clearing: How YOU can scoop a top spot

A-level results day is fast approaching - but don't fret if you think you've missed your grades.

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Why Ofsted's inspection overhaul could affect house prices: dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Ofsted boss reveals why new rating system could affect house prices

Ofsted boss reveals why new rating system could affect house prices

Sir Martyn Oliver said Ofsted ratings can change local house prices by tens of thousands of pounds, because parents 'value' them so much.

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Teachers say some primary-aged children are using cannabis in school dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Kids in PRIMARY schools are high on cannabis, teachers say

Kids in PRIMARY schools are high on cannabis, teachers say

A survey of almost 4,000 teachers found many pupils are abusing drugs and alcohol on school grounds - with ketamine and cocaine also rife.

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Labour's pledge for 6,500 new teachers might not fix the shortage - NAO report dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Labour's promise of 6,500 extra teachers 'might not fix shortage'

Labour's promise of 6,500 extra teachers 'might not fix shortage'

The National Audit Office (NAO) said it is 'not clear' whether the pledge will solve the problem as there is currently no 'delivery plan'.

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Creator of Netflix's Adolescence says social media firms are 'marketing misogyny' to boys dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Adolescence creator says social media firms 'market misogyny' to boys

Adolescence creator says social media firms 'market misogyny' to boys

Jack Thorne, who wrote the Netflix drama, suggested the UK could follow Australia in imposing a blanket ban on social media for under-16s.

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Teaching union has to pay £78K in legal fees over firebrand appointment following U-turn dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Union must pay £78,000 in legal fees over appointment of firebrand

Union must pay £78,000 in legal fees over appointment of firebrand

An emergency High Court hearing convened yesterday after the NASUWT made Matt Wrack its general secretary while wrongfully blocking another candidate.

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More universities set to give out lower entry grade offers to disadvantaged students dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Universities to make more lower grade offers to disadvantaged students

Universities to make more lower grade offers to disadvantaged students

Universities UK (UUK), which represents campus bosses, unveiled an 'action plan' to 'boost access' for the 'most disadvantaged in society'.

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Parents who 'abdicate responsibility' for their children's bad behaviour in class should face 'consequences', teaching union members say dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Parents 'should face sanctions' over poor pupil behaviour

Parents 'should face sanctions' over poor pupil behaviour

Members of the NASUWT have told its annual conference heads should crack down on those allowing their offspring to abuse teachers.

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Two unions vow for autumn strikes unless ministers deliver on pay - my coverage in the weekend papers👇
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NASUWT appoints new 'hard-Left' general secretary accused of being 'overly combative' dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
New head of teaching union is 'overly combative', hard-Left ex-fireman

New head of teaching union is 'overly combative', hard-Left ex-fireman

Matt Wrack, who led the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) until January, has been confirmed as the new general secretary of the NASUWT.

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