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UK education
‘Toxic Masculinity’ Narrative Harming Boys, MP Tells Parliament
Another MP requested the government consider a taskforce and research to tackle the gender attainment gap in schools and improve young men’s career prospects.
White Students Are Minority in Oxbridge Applicants for 1st Time
The number of UK applicants from the white ethnic group dropped from 50.7 percent in the last application cycle to 49.2 percent this year.
Parents Have Right to Know What Sex Education is Taught in Schools: Education Secretary
Gillian Keegan wrote to all schools in England, saying they should not be forbidden to share the sex and relationship education curriculum with parents.
Report: School Performance of White Pupils Slipped Since Pandemic
Findings revealed that by the end of primary school, Chinese pupils were 10.7 months ahead of white British pupils and Indian pupils 8.8 months ahead.
Private Schools Don’t Have to Pass VAT Costs to Parents, Says Labour Leader
Labour’s VAT tax policy is not an ‘attack on private schools’ but their exemption is ’going to go,' said Sir Keir Starmer.
MPs Call for Register of Children Missing School Amid High Absence Rates
Many in the sector are ‘dismayed that things aren’t returning to a greater degree of normality’ after the pandemic, said education committee chair Robin Walker.
Chinese Children Significantly Outperform White British Peers, Report Finds
The State of the Nation report analysed the difference between the children’s life outcomes and those of their parents.
