Tag: school

Educations experts call for ban on school bell – because it is “distressing”

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Deadline News Journalist - March 18, 2016

EDUCATION experts have called for a ban on the school bell - claiming it can “distress” pupils with mental health issues or asylum seekers...

Anger at law “forcing Gaelic teaching” on schools

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Deadline News Journalist - February 3, 2016

PRIMARY schools will be forced to teach in Gaelic, even if their area has no history of using the language. At present only 3,500 pupils...

Primary school wall wrecked by storm

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Kirsty Stewart - January 29, 2016

ANGRY parents have lashed out at council chiefs after Storm Gertrude collapsed part of a primary school built just 10 years ago. Oxgangs Primary in...

Scots teens who want to go to university have less sex, study shows

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Deadline News Journalist - November 13, 2015

SCOTTISH teens who want to go to university brush their teeth more, eat fewer crisps and have less sex. A new study by St. Andrew’s...

Benedetti calls for more music in schools

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Deadline News Journalist - October 22, 2015

NICOLA Benedetti has hit out at a lack of musical education in schools, claiming that children are missing out on opportunities for a better...

“Free” state schooling “too expensive” for poorest Scots families

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Kirsty Stewart - October 2, 2015

THE cost of school trips, uniforms and extra-curricular activities could be making a “free” state education too expensive for Scots families. A new report from...

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