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Emergency services were called to Dunfermline High School after 10 students became unwell.
bbc
Published: 18 January 2019
Welsh will no longer be classed as a second language in English-medium schools, under new proposals.
bbc
Published: 18 January 2019
<img alt="Blackpool children's services downgraded to 'inadequate'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/636215fe-9bba-48e1-bc3c-80256c84af55/1/blackpooltower22-320x198.jpg" />
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Inspectors visited Blackpool Council in November and December last year for its first full inspection of children's services since being rated as "requires improvement" in 2014.
Since then the quality...
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cypn
Published: 18 January 2019
<img alt="Parents' anger over SEND failures in Swindon" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2c0f693a-6fc9-4b41-b79f-4f6a5c05ab34/3/ScreenShot20180518at121246-320x198.png" />
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A joint inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission found a raft of failures in SEND support across the Wiltshire town, which have left parents and carers "upset, angry and concerned", according...
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cypn
Published: 18 January 2019
Suzanne Harrison had a four-year sexual relationship with a female pupil.
bbc
Published: 17 January 2019
<img alt="Youth fund for transforming spaces awards £1.5m" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/23742edf-00be-4530-b73f-7a7a0af86f2e/3/YouthFocusNE0215-320x198.jpg" />
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Cafes, old libraries and even a camper van are to be transformed into youth clubs, quiet spaces or creative hubs, in some of the UK's most deprived areas. A total of 144 organisations will receive up...
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cypn
Published: 17 January 2019
Experts who dated the teaching chart found at St Andrews University said it was printed between 1879 and 1886.
bbc
Published: 17 January 2019
<img alt="Birmingham children's services no longer 'inadequate' " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2c7a9e26-1520-4cbe-9339-5f37902070b9/1/birminghamcouncil-320x198.jpg" />
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Following a visit in December inspectors praised progress made by Birmingham Children's Trust (BCT), which took over the running of children's services in the city in April last year, in a bid to improve...
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cypn
Published: 17 January 2019
<img alt="Ombudsman slams council over SEN failings" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d186536a-1181-41a3-9f98-bd2a508f7abe/4/DSC0036-320x198.jpg" />
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The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has upheld 11 complaints against Norfolk County Council, in the last two years relating to its failure to provide suitable provision for children with SEND....
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cypn
Published: 17 January 2019