by The Dadsnet | Apr 20, 2022 | Age 4-5, Age 6-9, Education
Fewer children are expected to start primary school in most areas in England this year, but a higher proportion are gaining places at their first choice of school, a survey suggests. Hundreds of thousands of families across England are finding out what primary school...
by The Dadsnet | Jan 31, 2022 | Education, The Daily Dad
Multi-academy trusts and other groups of schools should be measured on whether they exclude or off-roll vulnerable pupils, education experts have suggested. A new paper from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) suggests that groups of schools should be judged on a...
by The Dadsnet | Sep 12, 2021 | Age 10-13, Age 4-5, Age 6-9, The Daily Dad
Now my son is back at school and more likely to catch bugs, how can I tell if he’s got an ordinary back-to-school virus or Covid? Dr Andrew Raffles, a consultant paediatrician at The Portland Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK (hcahealthcare.co.uk), says: “Children...
by The Dadsnet | Sep 8, 2021 | Age 10-13, Age 14-17, Age 6-9, Education, The Daily Dad
Parents have warned that children’s education is being disrupted because of the number of pupils currently absent from school due to Covid. A number of teachers have expressed concern that guidance on testing and tracing in Northern Ireland has caused a high number of...