Mental health crisis: School children attempting ‘real serious harm’
School children are attempting “real serious harm” , councillors have claimed in sobering accounts of a mental health crisis in
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Southend schools wage war on plastic waste
Six Southend schools are blazing the trail for other schools and businesses in the area by collecting their hard-to-recycle plastics
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Schools left out in county council’s bid to spend millions on green energy suppliers
Essex County Council has committed to spending its multi-million pound electricity budget on purely green energy suppliers. But it has
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Yoga classes in Southend schools
YOGA sessions are being held in Southend schools to help youngsters unwind after months of stress created by the COVID
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Christmas plays cancelled in COVID scare
Christmas festivities have been cancelled at some schools in Southend after stringent COVID guidelines were issued by the borough’s public
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County’s most in demand schools revealed
The most in-demand schools Essex parents tried to enrol their children into can now be revealed. Parents of children starting
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School suspensions high despite lockdown
Almost 8,000 children were suspended from school in 2019/2020 – despite lockdown restrictions severely limiting numbers able to be taught
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Headteachers bemoan pupils’ lost skills during lockdown
Waltham Forest headteachers say children have “lost the skill of using a pen” and “forgotten how to be kind to
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Waltham Forest schools staff underpaid for more than five years
Term-time staff in Waltham Forest’s mainstream schools are owed more than £1million after being underpaid for more than five years.
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Redbridge Council aims to stop new schools plans after sharp drop in pupil numbers
Redbridge Council wants to halt plans for two new schools in the borough as a sharp drop in pupils threatens
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