Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCGary Gentle, headteacher of Bilston Church of England Primary School, said there should be more emphasis on teaching water safetyThe national curriculum does not teach children enough about getting out of difficulty in open water, a headteacher has said.Bilston Church of England Primary School is one of dozens of schools in the Black Country that has implemented new water safety training, aimed at reducing
Summarize this content to 1000 words GoogleAvenue Junior School in Norwich was closed for three days after "urgent concerns" were identified with some of its ceilingsFifteen schools across a county need urgent repairs after a collapsed ceiling prompted immediate safety inspections.Norfolk County Council has confirmed it has finished checking 60 schools after a ceiling partially collapsed at Fakenham Junior in Queens Road, Fakenham, four weeks ago.The council has already warned
Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCAlex Whinfrey-Gibson says doing an apprenticeship has given him a head start A newly-qualified engineer says his decision to pursue an apprenticeship over a traditional university degree has left him "set up for life”.Alex Whinfrey-Gibson, 22, completed an engineering degree apprenticeship at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and is now encouraging others to sign up.Apprenticeships combine work and study, with
Summarize this content to 1000 words BBC / Jamie MorelandActor Ray Winstone has backed calls for knife crime lessons to be added to the curriculumActor Ray Winstone has backed calls for compulsory knife crime lessons from two dads whose sons were fatally stabbed. Mr Winstone said: "I don't know why that hasn't been done up to now."There were more than 50,000 incidents of knife crime recorded in 2023-2024, an increase
Summarize this content to 1000 words Town Centre SecuritiesOpened in the 1960s the Merrion Centre in Leeds is home to a growing number of Asian-inspired businessesA 1960s shopping centre in the middle of Leeds may not seem the most obvious place for a cultural revolution. But when a Taiwanese dessert parlour opened earlier this year it kickstarted a transformation that brought a flavour of East Asia to West Yorkshire and
Summarize this content to 1000 words A small independent school fears parents will be priced out of sending their children there after the 20% VAT exemption private schools is removed.Dean Grierson, head teacher at Hulme Hall Grammar School in Stockport, said pupils with extra educational needs would also struggle to cope if moved to larger state school classrooms.Mr Grierson said many of them would "just become a number in a
Summarize this content to 1000 words Jordan AndrewsJordan Andrews is one of many students looking for part-time work to boost his incomeOnly days after arriving at university for the first time, Jordan Andrews had an interview for a part-time job, knowing that he would have to work in order to enjoy the social side of student life.The 18-year-old from Carmarthenshire worked out that his maintenance loan would not cover more
Summarize this content to 1000 words GoogleSt Monica's Catholic Primary School said Alice Cresswell had left the school since the incidentA teacher who allowed her sex offender partner on to school grounds has been told she can continue in the profession.A panel said Alice Cresswell had shown a "very serious lapse of judgement" by letting the man drive her to work at St Monica's Catholic Primary School in Milton Keynes.He
Summarize this content to 1000 words DJ McLaren/BBCSome secondary schools in Hitchin, such as Hitchin Boys and The Priory, have already announced their plans to join William Ransom Primary School to be ‘phone-free’Parents have signed a pledge to delay giving their child a smartphone until the end of Year 9 when most will have turned 14.William Ransom Primary School, in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, has asked all 25 primaries in the town
Summarize this content to 1000 words A school has increased the size of some of its maths classes to 60 pupils due to a "national shortage of specialist teachers". Caldicot School in Monmouthshire said it was teaching pupils in the first three years of secondary - Years 7 to 9 - in the bigger classes. Rachel Garrick, a former Labour member of the council's cabinet, claimed school governors were "begging"
