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Black pupils are disproportionately hit with fixed-term exclusions in England – by three times as many in some places, data shows. Pupils with black ethnicity

More than 40,000 calls and contacts were made to the National Domestic Abuse Helpline during the first three months of lockdown, most by women seeking

Girls are being informally excluded at a higher rate than boys from some schools in England, but their experiences are invisible as they are not

Parents who refuse to send their children back to school could end up facing a fine, the Education Secretary has said. Speaking to Sky’s Kay

There are fears increasing numbers of children have been exposed to domestic violence during the lockdown, a leading charity warned today. Coram, which works with

The government has published its safety plans for England’s return to school in September – built on the principle of keeping classes or whole year

Families of children with special educational needs have felt “utterly abandoned” during school closures, an MPs’ committee has been told. Witnesses told the education committee

Couples seeking a no-fault divorce will have to wait until autumn 2021 even though proposed legislation removing fault from the divorce process has reached the

A £1bn fund to help England’s children catch up on what they have missed while schools have been closed has been announced by the prime