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Special needs support eligibility to be reviewed at start of secondary school in England

First cohort to be affected by change – part of Send system overhaul – are currently in key stage 1, it is understood

The Guardian - UK

What is the Government's new transgender guidance and what does it mean for schools and parents?

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the guidance aimed to provide advice for headteachers and to avoid using the gender issue as a ‘political football’

Evening Standard

Parents should be consulted when children question gender identity, schools told

Schools must have single-sex spaces, and toilets for children over eight must not be shared, government guidance says

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Gender guidance for English primary school pupils permits use of different pronouns

DfE guidance urges teachers to respond to social transition requests ‘with caution’ and includes Cass report findings

The Guardian - UK

Police question 13-year-old boy arrested over school stabbings

Police were called to Kingsbury High School, Brent, north-west London, at 12.40pm on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Terror police probe stabbing of boys, 12 and 13, at north London school as suspect, 13 arrested

Boy, 13, was arrested after police manhunt as attack at Kingsbury High School in Brent left victims in ‘serious’ condition

Evening Standard

It’s nothing short of TV gold: mix horror with wild comedy and call it Starmer’s last stand

The only reason we might not get our seventh prime minister in 10 years is that no one can find one, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Protect inclusive spaces from gender-critical legal battles, Starmer told after Hampstead ladies pond row

Exclusive: Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson have been urged by more than 140 feminist and LGBT+ organisations to protect trans-inclusive spaces

The Independent UK

David Cameron attacks Labour’s ‘damaging and nonsensical’ school reforms

The former prime minster urged the House of Lords to vote against the Bill

The Independent UK

Lower income and single parents ‘more wary of stigma’ around free breakfast clubs

Polling comes out as Labourrolls out hundreds more free breakfast clubs at schools

The Independent UK

Ministers on lobbying blitz to avoid Labour rebellion over Send changes

Government has ‘learned lesson’ of botched welfare overhauls but MPs say they will not back cost-saving measures

The Guardian - UK

Met Police face £5million bill on new loos and changing areas for its 12 transgender staff

Britain's biggest force assesses cost of new facilities following Supreme Court ruling on definition of 'woman'

Evening Standard

Controversial plans to build huge school on site of old south London brewery set to be scrapped

Livingstone Academy West London was planned as part of the £1.3 billion regeneration of the former Stag Brewery site in Mortlake

Evening Standard

EHRC single-sex spaces guidance being adapted under ‘constructive’ new chair

Exclusive: Hope is that pragmatic approach could soften court ruling’s impact on trans people and businesses

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AI tutoring to be introduced across UK schools

One union leader stressed AI tools should ‘never replace face-to-face interaction’

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UK Schools Urged To Go Phone-Free As Gov Slams Use Of Devices In Class

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says schools must stay phone-free all day, even at breaks, as ministers consult on a social media ban for under-16s.

The Guardian - UK

Schools in England should be phone-free all day, education secretary says

Bridget Phillipson says pupils should not use mobiles at any point, as Ofsted prepares to inspect compliance

The Independent UK

Education Secretary tells teachers to make sure schools are phone-free

Teachers have also been advised not to use their phones in front of pupils

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AI learning tools ‘different’ to phones in schools – Bridget Phillipson

The Education Secretary told the Bett UK conference AI can ‘deliver the biggest leap forward for learning in centuries’.

The Independent UK

Parents to receive guide on how to complain to schools amid rise in disputes

The guide will lay out a five-step process that parents are advised to follow when complaining to their child’s school

Evening Standard

Government to hold consultation on Australian-style under-16s social media ban

Ministers will visit Australia as part of the consultation.

Evening Standard

Employers told to look at single-sex space policies after nurses’ tribunal

An employment tribunal found nurses suffered harassment which violated their dignity while sharing single-sex changing rooms with a trans colleague.

The Independent UK

£200 million to be spent on teacher Send training in bid to create a ‘truly inclusive education system’

There will also be a new expectation for all staff in every school, college and nursery to receive training on Send

Evening Standard

Tribunal nurse Sandie Peggie ‘has been through hell’, Kemi Badenoch says

The Tory leader met nurse Sandie Peggie in Edinburgh on Thursday – and afterwards called on the UK Government to issue updated gender guidance.

The Guardian - UK

Leah Williamson and Richard Osman back National Year of Reading

The footballer and author are supporting a nationwide campaign, Go All In, which aims to reverse the ‘worrying decline’ in reading for pleasure among children in the UK

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