Some primary schools are searching children for knives at the gates with metal detectors as it emerges pupils as young as seven have been caught with a blade in the classroom. Read the full story in the Daily Mail
Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under government plans
21st April 2026
The government will seek to make phone bans in schools statutory by introducing an amendment in the House of Lords to the Children’s Wellbeing and
100 staff to transfer as another children’s charity joins Coram network
2nd April 2026
Family Lives, registered as a charity in 1999 under the name Parentline Plus, joined the Coram Group today, with its 150 volunteers also transferring to
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests
2nd April 2026
Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving Read the full article in the Guardian here.