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06/02/2025: Integrating AI in Schools: New Policy Template Available
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be implemented into various organisations, the education sector is no exception.
(Source: South West Grid for Learning)
05/02/2025: School phone bans don’t boost grades or wellbeing, study suggests
Banning phones in schools is not linked to pupils getting higher grades or having better mental wellbeing, the first study of its kind suggests.
05/02/2025: ‘Alarming’ rise in strong illicit nicotine pouches
High strength nicotine pouches that are being sold illegally in the UK could cause inadvertent overdosing and harm to teenagers and young adults, experts have warned.
05/02/2025: UK childhood mental health crisis to cost £1.1tn in lost pay, study finds
Researchers estimate lifetime earnings lost as charities call for independent review of causes of the crisis.
05/02/2025: Lack Of Basic Care Leads Women In Prison To Self-Harm
Prison inspectors say prisons are not doing enough to help women cope. For some this lack of care to meet their basic needs causes such distress that they resort to harming themselves.
04/02/2025: Call for security guards at school gates after stabbing
The onus to do a daily check for knives in the bag of a 14-year-old girl convicted of attempted murder should not have been put on her father, Plaid Cymru’s education spokesperson has said.
04/02/2025: Film of children’s racism stories shown to police
A short animated film based on children’s experiences of racism is being used in police training.
03/02/2025: Phillipson says new Ofsted report cards will help struggling schools
The government will step in more quickly to help struggling schools based on the findings of new Ofsted report cards, the education secretary has said.
03/02/2025: Anxiety the top mental health concern for children contacting our Childline service
This Children’s Mental Health Week, Childline is encouraging young people who are experiencing anxiety to reach out.
02/02/2025: AI-generated child sex abuse images targeted with new laws
Four new laws will tackle the threat of child sexual abuse images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the government has announced.
01/02/2025: Top supermarkets running ‘prohibited’ tobacco ads
Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are displaying adverts for tobacco products in their stores which Trading Standards says are against the law.
31/01/2025: Violence against women and girls growing, says watchdog
The Home Office’s response to the “serious and growing problem” of violence against women and girls (VAWG) has been ineffective, the UK’s spending watchdog has said.