Sunday Times

NEW Schools are paying £500 a day for private sleep coaches for families struggling with teenagers who have turned "nocturnal" after Covid, miss school and turn up late for lessons. Plus tips for parents about regular bedtimes for teens to give them eight hours sleep before school starts. My story @thetimes https://lnkd.in/e8tnDiX2

Why British teenagers are bidding au revoir to French - a crisis in schools as Spanish looks set to overtake French at GCSE and in universities as study shows FOURTEEN language departments axed. Bridget Phillipson read history and French at Oxford and praised her languages teacher in the Labour manifesto - so can anything be done to save francais? My story @thetimes https://lnkd.in/eFH_BpJb

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Where have all the teachers gone? Young British teachers are a vanishing species - heading for better paid less stressful jobs in Australian and Dubai while the government pays migrant workers to fill teaching gaps in UK schools Today's story by me in The Sunday Times All articles free to read @thetimes until midnight https://lnkd.in/eUyP_ggQ

Private school bill for two children could hit £1.2 million under Labour as panicky families trying to switch out of private education say plans to charge VAT could cause crisis in areas where state schools taking no more pupil. My story @thetimes today 👇 https://lnkd.in/ezk9bGpf

Love talked to Myleene Klass, star turned mentor, helping pupils at her old school in a seaside town on the east coast "As the head of my old school put it, you came here to trying to get their grades up, now you are just trying to keep them alive'. https://lnkd.in/eT6fYHXf

“As the headmaster of my old school frankly put it, ‘You came here trying to get their grades up. Now you realise, I’m just trying to keep them alive.’ That was one of the most sobering things I had ever heard.” Myleene Klass's music career started at a state school in a seaside town. Now she's back there helping children sometimes struggling to cope. Drives in her G-wagon, public speaking and 'don't forget to put your tie on'. Loved speaking to her! https://lnkd.in/eT6fYHXf https://lnkd.in/eT6fYHXf

Never mind the children - it's the parents headteachers are having to worry about. Spitting, threatening, multiple anonymous vexatious complaints, shaming teachers on social media... Enough! Headteachers @nahtnews launch 'No Excuse for Abuse' campaign this weekend - with badges and posters in school reception areas. @thetimes https://lnkd.in/e7DJdGmM

As the inquest of Caitlyn, 16, who killed herself at Britain's leading girls boarding school, ended last week, her father talked about his next steps and 'keeping an open heart'. How can we do more to keep autistic children safe and happy at schools? https://lnkd.in/d6wrEy56

England's top 500 primary schools revealed today @thetimes - and I speak to headteachers about how they helped a 'lost generation' of young children get back on their feet post Covid... (It involved having fun) https://lnkd.in/eJaCHZnp