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Parent Power 2024: The Times releases its list of Best UK schools & league table

The Sunday Times releases Parent Power 2024 UK guide

NASUWT members took to the picket lines across NI this morning in an industrial dispute over teachers' pay. Pictured is the picket line at Malone Integrated College.

Schools across NI suffer major disruption as five unions strike over pay

Charles Jardine, Gary Houston and Gary McCartney. Picture: Submitted

Fishing 4 Schools comes to Northern Ireland in 2024

Parents say their children are more honest during mealtime

Health and education workers at a strike rally in Belfast earlier this year. The Treasury is failing to invest properly in NI public services, writes DUP MLA Diane Dodds

Diane Dodds: More honesty required in debate over public sector pay disputes

Ulster coach Dan Soper. (Photo by John Dickson)

Ulster get ready for home return with 'good problem' around Michael Lowry

A general view of scaffolding at Balbardie Primary School on September 04, 2023 in Bathgate, Scotland, after its buildings were found to contain RAAC. Credit: Getty Images

43 more schools found to have crumbly RAAC concrete

Ad Feature British Gas, Team GB and ParalympicsGB announce new 5 year partnership

Childline has become inundated with calls from youngsters about their mental health. (Picture: Adobe Stock)

Mental health is the main reason kids call Childline, charity reveals

The Prime Minister has unveiled plans to scrap A-levels in a huge shake-up to the UK’s education system. Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images

A-levels and T Levels to be scrapped, Rishi Sunak announces

Large stretches of the M53 are closed this morning (Friday) due to an accident involving an overturned vehicle. Photo: Google Maps

School bus carrying pupils overturns motorway with casualties confirmed

Ireland's Conor Murray breaks away during the Rugby World Cup 2023, Pool B match at the Stade de la Beaujoire, France. Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Jonny McCambridge: World Cup Rugby - fabulous to watch, not so fabulous to play

Wigton Moor Primary School in Alwoodley, Leeds, which warned staff with an email, seen by the YEP.

Threatening e-mail forces schools into lockdown

Titanic Belfast has announced the introduction of a new School Transport Bursary to give schools in some of Northern Ireland’s most deprived areas the opportunity to apply for free transport to support them when visiting the world-leading attraction in the 2023/24 academic year. Pictured are Caroline McComb, director of McComb’s Coach Travel, Judith Owens MBE, chief executive of Titanic Belfast and local school pupil Zoe Kennedy

Titanic Belfast offers new travel bursary to allow pupils at free school trip

Heathrow airport said it was taking “remedial steps” to mitigate any safety risk due to RAAC.

Heathrow & Gatwick confirm presence of collapse-prone RAAC concrete

A general view of Abbey Lane Primary School in Sheffield, which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).

NI schools to be checked urgently for presence of collapse-prone concrete
Schools across Northern Ireland are to be checked urgently for the presence of a concrete that could suddenly collapse, the Department of Education has confirmed.

Churches should not simply leave sex education to teachers in the classroom, writes John Coulter, instead they should be prepared to have debates on Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) in their Sunday schools, Bible classes and youth clubs

John Coulter: Churches should deliver their own sex education to children

Girl, 14, dies after falling ill at sports camp

Parents are being offered budget-friendly tips to save money on uniform costs before the new school year begins.

Tips to save money on school uniforms including grants - how to apply

UK Weather: Flood alerts issued for parts of the UK

How to make sure your suitcase is the first off the plane

A list of 18 medical conditions that could see you banned from flying

Everything you need to know about the A-level and GCSE ahead of the result days in August. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

A-level & GCSEs result days 2023 - what are the dates?

Leigh McKay, Vice Principal at Ballyclare Secondary School and Ulster Teachers Union (UTU) Vice President, said a major problem is teachers retiring increasingly early - and young teachers going to teach overseas.

‘Increasingly challenging’ to recruit secondary school teachers

Aldi has announced the return of its £5 uniform bundle

Aldi launches £5 school uniform bundle to help parents save money

Teachers’ strikes: Fresh round of industrial action announced for July

NI Human Rights Commission leader Alyson Kilpatrick, and right, a "progress pride" flag, incorporating the baby pink-and-blue of the transgender movement with the brown and black of BLM, and a purple circle representing intersex people

Transgenderism in NI: Campaigners' warning after schools report
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has voiced concern that schools are too comfortable with letting pupils hold “diverging opinions” about transgenderism.

The popularity of learning languages at Northern Ireland's schools is "slowly recovering from the pandemic", a report by the British Council has found. The Language Trends Northern Ireland report found that the decline in language learning at post-primary schools is plateauing, with Spanish emerging as the most popular, overtaking French

Language learning ‘slowly recovering from the pandemic’ – report

(Elizabeth John (left) and Ethan John (right)

Siblings killed in suspected double murder named by police

School kids want more digitally-based subjects on their curriculums

Morning View

Editorial: Parents should pay attention to the direction of sex education in NI

Really Rubbish Scarecrows in Scarecrow Wood at Antrim Castle Gardens last year

'Really Rubbish Scarecrows' by local children to be displayed at Garden Show

Carla Lockhart welcomed the U-turn

Department of Education U-turn on cuts to programmes for young people welcomed

Letters to editor

Controlled schools chief: Study on cost of division promotes false narrative

Asda has bought back its bargain meal deal while the schools are on holiday

Asda brings back £1 meal deal this May half term holiday

Martin Amis death: Distinguished novelist & son of celebrated author Sir Kingsley Amis, dies aged 73

Distinguished novelist Martin Amis has died aged 73

A third of adults admit maths makes them nervous

Male instructor giving directions to an adolescent girl during her lesson

UK’s top 10 cities for learner drivers revealed

Celebs dress their kids as royals to mark King Charles’ coronation

Pat Catney

SDLP appears to resume practice of implying that schoolboys need tampons too

Parents say not enough education around ‘stranger danger’ for children

Teens are more likely to listen to their parents than social media when it comes to big life decisions according to research. 26th April 2023.

75% of British teens say parents among most influential people

The Department of Education in Northern Ireland has written to the headteachers of schools participating in the Extended Schools Programme to tell them funding is 'no longer available'

Funding cuts for disadvantaged pupils in Northern Ireland branded ‘shameful’

King Charles portraits to cost taxpayer £8million

National Home Buyers Week: The six steps to getting on the property ladder first-time buyers should know

Six steps to getting on property ladder first-time buyers should know

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

Ofsted defends school inspections despite backlash

RBAI captain Jacob Boyd lifts the Danske Bank Schools' Cup after success over Campbell College

'I have to be honest...they surprise me with the character they have'

RBAI supporters during Friday’s Danske Bank Schools Cup Final against Campbell College at the Kingston Stadium.

8,000 plus in attendance treated to Schools' Cup classic

Captain Jacob Boyd of RBAI lifts the 2023 Danske Bank Schools Trophy

GALLERY: RBAI beat Campbell in Schools' Cup final with last-gasp Jacob Boyd try

Players of RBAI celebrate winning the 2023 Danske Bank Schools' Cup

RBAI clinch Schools' Cup victory with last-gasp try against Campbell College

Jim Neilly, pictured in December 2002, will provide commentary at today's Schools' Cup final across the BBC Sport NI iPlayer coverage

Legendary rugby commentator Jim Neilly looks forward to Schools' Cup final

Caversham Primary School in Reading

Primary headteacher took own life after Ofsted downgrade

Campbell College captain Flynn Longstaff (L) and RBAI skipper Jacob Boyd

Both captains look to create own piece of family history in Schools' Cup final

RBAI Director of Rugby Jamie Kirk

VIDEO: RBAI Director of Rugby Jamie Kirk previews Schools' Cup final

Campbell College head coach Jonny Cupitt sat down to preview Friday's Schools' Cup final

VIDEO: Campbell College head coach Jonny Cupitt previews Schools' Cup final