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App-style reports helping parents compare schools bbc.in/3CR40yM

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Snow and ice shut schools as Storm Bert looms bbc.in/413rqvf

Snow and ice shut schools as Storm Bert looms

Storm Bert is set to bring snow, rain and strong winds to parts of the UK over the weekend.

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Cash-strapped university to shed 170 full-time jobs bbc.in/3ASCQHh

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Primary school pupil suspensions in England double in a decade bbc.in/3ZervL7

Primary school pupil suspensions in England double in a decade

Mum Jo says Jacob is very caring but sensory issues led to him being excluded for disruptive behaviour.

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Social media ban for under-16s 'on the table' in UK bbc.in/4fSWIcg

Social media ban for under-16s 'on the table' says UK government

The tech secretary Peter Kyle also said he wanted an "assertive" approach from the regulator, Ofcom.

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School boss may have spent funds on family firms bbc.in/3AR6woa

Life Wirral boss may have spent public cash on family’s companies

Public funds may have been used for a gym and coffee shop owned by the school's CEO and his family.

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Free school meals as long as I am mayor, says Khan bbc.in/490ZsBX

Sadiq Khan: 'Free school meals as long as I am mayor'

The Mayor of London's free school lunch policy is praised by a new independent report.

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Staff 'demoralised' over university course cuts bbc.in/3CKX6er

Staff 'demoralised' over Northumbria University course cuts

About 18 students enrolled in the two joint business degrees at Northumbria University this year.

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‘Once my autistic son turns 18, his support ends’ bbc.in/3UYhmQ1
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Student's wrong results suicide prompts support call bbc.in/48YhtRA

Cardiff University student's wrong results suicide prompts support call

Mared Foulkes, from Anglesey, killed herself after receiving inaccurate exam results.

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Edinburgh University warns staff to expect job cuts bbc.in/4fS36jV

Edinburgh University warns staff to expect job cuts

The institution blamed "unsustainable" funding and a fall in student numbers for the decision.

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Free school meals auto-enrolment 'way forward' bbc.in/4fuqpAI

County Durham free school meals auto-enrolment 'way forward'

It is hoped the automatic sign up will become a standard practice after a pilot in County Durham.

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'Exploitative' children's home profits to be curbed bbc.in/3Z9IFJH

Children's homes: Providers' 'exploitative' profits to be curbed

The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.

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'I'm passionate about mentoring excluded pupils' bbc.in/3O9U6ed

'Mentoring is a really good way to engage excluded pupils'

City Hall is providing £2.3m to get more mentors like Nkechi Simms into Pupil Referral Units.

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University cash crisis to get worse despite tuition fee rise, BBC told bbc.in/3URal3G

University cash crisis will get worse despite tuition fee rise, BBC told

More than three quarters of universities are expected to face financial problems next year.

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Job cuts 'inevitable' over £30m university deficit bbc.in/4fGGQdn

Job cuts 'inevitable' over £30m Dundee University deficit

Dundee University has told staff it faces "an extremely challenging period" for the higher education sector.

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Schools could take on hundreds more students bbc.in/3O6CwHR

Ipswich schools could take on 600 extra students

Suffolk County Council says building a new school would be too expensive.

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More families being 'forced' into home education bbc.in/3AHWqpO

Home schooling: Concern as figures double in five years

The children's commissioner says she is "deeply concerned" by a doubling in home education figures.

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One in three T-level students drop out of health course bbc.in/4etE6hO

One in three drop out from health T-level - report

Many health and science T-level students dropped out after an exam board sent out botched exam papers in 2022.

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Edinburgh University warns students not to be 'snobs' bbc.in/3YNwSzg

Edinburgh University warns students not to be 'snobs'

The institution admitted class-related prejudice was a problem on campus.

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