Education

The family of a teacher murdered by a schoolboy begin a High Court challenge against a coroner's decision not to call other pupils as witnesses at an inquest into her death.

THERE could be no starker illustration of the burdens borne by our overworked, underpaid public sector than the despairing account of a teaching assistant I met last week.

Liam and Philippa Doherty are not your average newly married couple.

From: Jane Fairburn, Rievaulx, Helmsley, York.

She began her career in education as a teacher in London, before joining Ofsted as an Her Majesty’s Inspector and eventually working her way up the ranks.

YORKSHIRE’S schools are “moving in the right direction” when it comes to driving up standards, but this needs to happen more quickly to close the gap with the rest of the country, according to the regional director for Ofsted.

THE latest report from the Social Mobility Commission, Time to Change, made for depressing but unsurprising reading. Inequality has been on government agendas for years, but we have yet to see any real progress.

The mother of tragic seven-year-old Katie Rough has urged the people of Leeds to show their support for a fundraising appeal launched in memory of her daughter.

The chief executive of a Wakefield academy chain that was found to have breached government rules following an investigation into financial irregularity has admitted it was due to a lack of knowledge when it came to recording accounts.

From: Nicola Johnson, Headteacher, Rosedale Abbey School, Pickering.

Most graduates will still be paying off student loans into their 50s, and three-quarters will never clear the debt, a new probe has found.

Education leaders have warned primary school pupils’ self-confidence is being drastically undermined by controversial SATs as the latest test results revealed almost 40 per cent of children failed to meet the Government’s expected standards in reading, writing and maths.

NOT all teachers and parents accept the need of subjecting primary school pupils to national SATs tests – headteacher Jill Wood instigated a controversial boycott at her Leeds school because she believed that the exam regime placed youngsters under “ridiculous and unnecessary strain”.

THE beautiful valleys that are my home hold an important place in Labour’s radical history and are closely associated with the Luddites, Chartists and Suffragettes.

A headteacher has said pressure must continue to be put on politicians to reassess funding before schools “fall over the cliff edge”.

The UK's leading researcher on the Hillsborough disaster is set to speak at a national conference in Sheffield this week, and discuss what the Grenfell Tower inquiry can learn from the 1989 disaster.

A renowned Yorkshire ornithologist who has studied seabirds for more than 45 years has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the communication of science.

From: Margaret W Whitaker, Harswell.