Teachers

A survey of 100 11 to 18-year-olds in the county who are still studying found 63 per cent have experienced feelings which have negatively impacted their emotional wellbeing

Children struggle with talking about their mental health in schools

Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson's right, don't worry so much about exam results - Sarah Todd

Teachers have the right to peacefully protest, just like anyone else (Image: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Teachers' rights around protesting and political views explained

Teachers' unions have praised a proposed pay rise from the new government (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock)

What teachers say about government's new 'above inflation' pay offer

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally. PIC: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

America’s current education system is failing the nation - William Cooper

Persistent disruptive behaviour was a big cause of suspensions (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock/Getty/Canva)

Why record numbers of children are being suspended or expelled

SATs are often the first major exams many primary school students will take in their school career (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Everything you need to know about primary school SAT exams

Teachers are losing millions of working days to sickness (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Teachers still losing millions of working days to sickness

The Labour Party already have a number of policies in the works focused on reforming education (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Teachers and schools set for big changes under Labour

Whale pops up from sea in front of amazed Jersey schoolchildren on trip.

Watch: Whale pops up from sea in front of amazed schoolchildren

Phoenix School Staff Celebrate Outstanding Ofsted

Yorkshire School for Hospitalised Patients Rated Outstanding

A top teaching union has come up with a list of 10 post-election priorities that would help teachers and students most (Photo: NationalWorld/Getty Images)

Ten things teachers want from the next government

Ofsted inspectors can give schools four different ratings (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about Ofsted school inspections

Sing Out 2023

Sponsors announced: Doncaster Music Hub Big Sings 2024

Craig Forsythe, CEO and founder of GiftRound

Nominate your Teacher of the Year in Yorkshire

A general view of a school safety zone sign. PIC: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Ofsted’s ratings system is inadequate - Andy Brown

Stocks of food at a food bank. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

There will be no middle class in the future - YP Letters

Teachers are facing "dystopian levels" of work-related stress and cannot go on much longer without reforms to their pay and conditions, a union has warned. PIC: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Teachers are being let down but unions must communicate better with public

A plane coming in to land at an airport. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Increasing fines won't be enough to prevent school absenteeism - Jayne Dowle

A man using credit card and laptop to login to internet bank. PIC: Adobe

Malevolent content online affects everyone not just children - David Behrens

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks with media as he visits a school to outline plans for the banning of single use vapes. PIC: Ian Forsyth/PA Wire

PM Rishi Sunak must not be cowed by the Tory right over vaping ban
It’s easy to criticise the Prime Minister for there has been a lot to be critical about during his premiership.
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Queen Mary’s School in Topcliffe

Teachers at Yorkshire boarding school vote to strike in pensions row

Rising star: Great Britain's Cat Ferguson of Skipton after coming second in the Women's Junior Road Race at the UCI Road World Championships in Glasgow last summer. (Picture: Zac Williams/SWpix.com)

Rising star Cat Ferguson on cyclo-cross, Movistar and looking up to Lizzie

These are the nation’s top 20 unsung heroes

A new report from Public First found that parents and teachers want Ofsted inspections and the school accountability system to be more transparent, well-rounded and less high-stakes. PIC: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

A more nuanced approach to school inspections is needed - The YP says

Stuart Andrew, Conservative MP for Pudsey, pictured in Horsforth Hall Park in 2017. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Britain is nation transformed since dark days of Section 28: Stuart Andrew

A file photo of a teacher and students in a classroom. PIC: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Time to reset inspections as Ofsted is found ‘not fit for purpose’ - The YP says

A teacher and students in a classroom. The teaching profession is facing spiralling workloads. PIC: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Spiralling workloads in teaching must be addressed - The Yorkshire Post says

The UK economy shrank by 0.5% in July, prompting more recession fears.

Recession fears as UK economy shrinks by ‘more than expected’ in July

One in four teachers brought in food for children during the summer term due to welfare concerns, a survey suggests. PIC: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Teachers bringing in food for pupils highlights failure of state - The YP says

Children walking down the corridor of a school.

How we can level up standards in less successful schools - Andy Brown

Here’s what you can do if you fail your GCSE exams. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

How to resit your GCSE exams if you fail
Today is GCSE results day but not everyone is happy with the outcomes the first time - here’s what you can do.
Rahmah Ghazali

Schools across England will face major disruption today as teachers strike over pay (Photo: Getty Images)

Back to school - teachers strikes finally over

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) on the picket line last week. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

Teachers' ballot shows scale of discord - The YP says

Teacher strike Yorkshire: Strike action threatened across Yorkshire as teachers contest pay, workload and working time

Teacher strike action threatened amid contesting pay, workload and working time

Year 6 pupils are set to receive their SATs results this week - here’s what you need to know.

SATs 2023 results release date - what you need to know

Striking teachers from the National Education Union (NEU) hold a rally in Parliament Square on 5 July 2023 in London, United Kingdom. NEU members are striking to win a fully-funded, above-inflation pay rise for all educators. (photo by Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Teachers walk out for second day this week over pay

NEU members are set to go on strike for two days this week over an ongoing dispute over pay with the government. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Teachers to walk out for 2 days this week

Teachers promised £2,400 bonus by Labour to cap ‘mass resignations’

Labour plan to offer teachers £2,400 bonus to cap mass resignations

Blue Light Card holders will be able to get exclusive offers this weekend

Blue Light Weekend launches with huge offers - how to claim

Rye College, a state secondary school in West Sussex, is facing a “pupil safety investigation” after a teacher told a 13-year-old girl she was being “despicable” for not taking at face value her classmate’s wish to “identify as a cat”. PIC: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos.

Teachers ought to know difference between fantasy and reality - David Behrens

'Whatever our experiences at school, nearly all of us have a teacher we remember, someone who left an indelible mark on our lives.' PIC: Tony Johnson

Teachers play a key role supporting disadvantaged children - Dr Helen Rafferty

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

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

Ofsted changes being considered after death of headteacher

Teachers have warned of another fresh wave of strikes in July if the government does not meet their demands on pay. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Review body recommends teachers get 6.5% pay rise

Teachers have warned of another fresh wave of strikes in July if the government does not meet their demands on pay. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Teachers to strike if pay dispute remains unresolved

Minister for Schools Nick Gibb is going to look into Year 6 SATs following concerns the reading exam was too difficult

Year 6 SATs exams to be looked into by schools minister

Teachers and senior doctors will ballot in their dispute with the government over pay, which will likely see a fresh round of strikes. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Teachers and senior doctors to ballot for fresh strikes

Three teachers and a 14-year-old pupil have been injured in a disturbance at Johnstone High School in Renfrewshire.

Pupil and teachers taken to hospital after ‘disturbance’ at UK school

A primary school head teacher has demanded SATs be scrapped over pressure on pupils. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Head teacher demands SATs scrapped over pressure on children

Thousands of teacher members from the National Education Union held an industrial action on May 2 in a pay dispute with the UK government. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Union warns of lengthy teacher strikes into next year

Teachers from the National Education Union demonstrate in central Middlesbrough as part of a further day of industrial action by teachers on April 27, 2023 in Middlesbrough, England. There were widespread school closures in England as members of the National Education Union (NEU) went on strike for a fourth day this year. A fifth strike day is scheduled for May 2. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

All state schools in England could be closed due to strikes

Teachers are striking again. Credit: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images

When and where teachers’ strikes are happening and if schools close

Midwives in England vote to accept government pay offer

Some 96 per cent of teachers in the region said they had seen an increase in the number of safeguarding referrals made within their school over the past year, with 57 per cent stating that increase was ‘significant’.

Increase in pupils at risk of abuse, teachers say

Rishi Sunak will review England’s ‘anti-maths mindset’

Rishi Sunak sets up ‘costly’ review into ‘anti-maths mindset’

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

NASUWT votes in favour of abolishing Ofsted after teacher’s death

Teaching union NASUWT announced it had secured more than £15.1m in compensation for its members during 2022. STOCK IMAGE.

Teacher wins £115,000 payout after being sacked over work-related stress

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to the media, after a meeting of the Grooming Gangs Taskforce, at a hotel in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. PIC: Phil Noble/PA Wire

Approach to tackling grooming gangs needs to swift - The YP says

Teachers and members of the National Education Union (NEU) hold placards during a demonstration called by the NEU trade unions in the streets of Reading, on February 1, 2023 during a national strike day. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Teachers reject new pay offer - fresh strikes fear