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- From governor to reading buddy: seven ways to help a school prosper April 29, 2025You may be surprised by how much value you can add by lending your support without giving moneyAn important part of a school’s leadership, a governor helps provide strategic direction for its running. The role usually involves termly meetings of the full governing body and membership, and meetings of one of the subgroups. You will […]Helen Dewdney
- Starmer claims voters being ‘conned’ by Tories and Reform UK as parties are planning a coalition – as it happened April 28, 2025PM says supporters of both groups are being misled and a tie-up would be a ‘disaster’ for Britain. This live blog is closedDowning Street has described the alleged comments by the band Kneecap in the ‘kill MP’ footage (see 12.10pm) as “completely unacceptable”.At the morning lobby briefing, the PM’s spokesperson described the comments as “completely […]Andrew Sparrow
- Did you solve it? How to have fun with straws April 28, 2025The solutions to today’s puzzlesEarlier today I set you these puzzles about straws. Here they are again with solutions.1. Lift-off Continue reading...Alex Bellos
- Teaching union forced to pay £78,000 after legal challenge over appointment of leader April 28, 2025NASUWT reopens nominations to post of general secretary after failing to follow own rules in picking Matt WrackA teaching union has agreed to pay £78,000 in legal costs after being forced to withdraw its controversial appointment of Matt Wrack as general secretary.During a five-minute hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Monday, […]Sally Weale Education correspondent
- No extra money for NHS staff and teacher pay rises, warns Treasury April 28, 2025Sources say pay increases will not be covered by borrowing and must come from existing budgets, creating possibility of strikesPay rises for NHS staff and teachers must be paid from existing budgets, the Treasury has warned, setting up the potential for strike action.Separate independent pay review bodies for teachers and NHS staff in England are […]Jessica Elgot and Raphael Boyd
- Ruth Perry’s sister joins calls to pause proposed Ofsted overhaul April 28, 2025Julia Waters accuses ministers of ignoring coroner’s findings on headteacher’s death after school-rating downgradeThe sister of a headteacher who took her own life after an Ofsted report has accused the government of ignoring a coroner’s findings on her death by failing to change the school inspection regime.In 2023, a coroner ruled that an Ofsted assessment […]Matthew Weaver
- Can you solve it? How to have fun with straws April 28, 2025Riddles with long paper cylindersUPDATE: To read the solutions click hereThe most heated puzzle about the drinking straw is “does it have one hole or two?” (This debate periodically goes viral and for those who want to suck up its delicious complexities I recommend this chat with mathematician Jordan Ellenberg.)Today’s puzzles are also about straws, […]Alex Bellos
- “Am I working class or insufferably bourgeois?” – podcast April 28, 2025Journalist and author Danny Lavelle has long been fascinated by class, but how much can the concept help us understand life in 21st-century Britain? How much does the way you speak define your social class? What about your parents’ jobs or your source of income, schooling and housing?The journalist and author Danny Lavelle has long […]Presented by Helen Pidd with Daniel Lavelle. Produced by Alex Atack, George McDonagh and Rudi Zygadlo; the executive producer is Elizabeth Cassin
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