Tag: Education

Anger as school appoints full-time detention director

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Deadline News Journalist - January 30, 2017

A SCHOOL with a zero tolerance approach to indiscipline has appointed a full-time "detention director" on a salary of up to £35,000. Michaela Community School...

Scottish country dancing lessons causing children to be bullied and could be scrapped

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Deadline News Journalist - November 4, 2016

THE teaching of Scottish country dancing in PE is causing children to be bullied and may even have to be scrapped, according to experts. Generations...

Teachers furious after SQA “cheating” claim on exam coursework

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Deadline News Journalist - September 30, 2016

EXAM chiefs have "grossly insulted" Scotland's teachers by suggesting they give students too much help with coursework. A senior official at the Scottish Qualifications Authority...

Sacked head admits drinking eight glasses of wine on school trip before “improper contact” with kids

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Deadline News Journalist - September 26, 2016

A FORMER headteacher has admitted to drinking eight glasses of wine on a school trip before having “improper contact” with pupils. A disciplinary hearing was...