It can be tricky to decide whether or not to keep your child off school, nursery or playgroup when they're unwell.
There are government guidelines for schools and nurseries about managing specific infectious diseases at GOV.UK. These say when children should be kept off school and when they shouldn't.
If you do keep...
One of my friends told me about a powerful lesson in her daughter's school class recently. They're learning about the Salem Witch Trials, and their teacher told them they were going to play a game.
"I'm going to come around and whisper to each of you, whether you're a witch...
My son George contracted meningitis at 11 months old. He was left brain damaged, with cerebral palsy, deaf, hydrocephalus, severe scoliosis, dislocated hips, epileptic, non-verbal and having to be peg fed by a gastrostomy peg - this peg is what keeps him alive. He requires 24/7 care. Sadly his...
Lord Agnew’s cost-cutting consultants have advised a Dorset school and many others across the country to replace experienced teachers with support staff on term-time contract; to limit lunch portions for pupils; save money on supply teachers by instead using spare staff to cover three classes at a time in...
As millions of parents admit they struggle to help with maths homework, the nation needs a maths confidence boost
Parents have less confidence talking to their kids about maths and science than they do sex education, reveals new research from learning and assessment provider Renaissance
Maths was the subject most likely to...
Children’s Mental Health Week falls between 7 to 13th February this year. To mark this important event in the school calendar, Dorset Mind charity’s children and young people division, ‘Dorset Mind Your Head’ (DMYH), is marking the week with a series of mental health workshops and activities focussing on building resilience at Dorchester Middle School.
On Saturday, at the...
People with developmental prosopagnosia, who experience lifelong difficulties recognising the faces of people who should be familiar to them, can still successfully identify some faces ‘spontaneously’ if they have sufficient and recent exposure to them, a new study has found.
Researchers from Bournemouth University also attempted to separate successful face...
In October last year we launched the Dorset Education Advice Line – an advice line for parents and carers who are worried their child might not be making the progress they should be, or who may believe their child might have emerging special educational needs.
To date, we’ve spoken with approximately 60...
Universities at Wolverhampton and Roehampton are 'suspending' performing arts courses for 2022/3.They claim it's through lack of demand by students.
Critics blame the government's devaluing of arts programmes and the move to push students toward science, technology and engineering courses.
I even detect criticism in the voice of The Stage editor,...
The government and the exams regulator are being threatened with legal action as pressure mounts for a rethink over the awarding of A-level grades.
Around 280,000 students saw their A-level grades fall by one grade or more from their predicted results following the introduction of a new "moderation" algorithm, which was put...
