Sunday Times

Yikes? Tuition fees up to £10,900 by 2029?! My story @thetimes today. Will this be Labour's move in the spring spending review - vice chancellors hope and expect so https://lnkd.in/ebdCJGJv

The single mother suing over the 'discrimination' of the government putting VAT on private school fees. It's all about the gender pay gap, the case argues - single mothers, less able to afford the rise, are more likely to have to pull their children out of their schools. It's the latest legal challenge - under human rights legislation - to the government's plans to hike private school fees by 20% from January 2025. My story @thetimes today https://lnkd.in/eVV4MhmW

Yikes! Three quarters of graduates say they needed help from the Bank of Mum and Dad as the average price of a degree course hits £60,000 according to a new study I report today @thetimes https://lnkd.in/ehC8T8Pk

NEW Schools are paying £500 a day for private sleep coaches for families struggling with teenagers who have turned "nocturnal" after Covid, miss school and turn up late for lessons. Plus tips for parents about regular bedtimes for teens to give them eight hours sleep before school starts. My story @thetimes https://lnkd.in/e8tnDiX2

Why British teenagers are bidding au revoir to French - a crisis in schools as Spanish looks set to overtake French at GCSE and in universities as study shows FOURTEEN language departments axed. Bridget Phillipson read history and French at Oxford and praised her languages teacher in the Labour manifesto - so can anything be done to save francais? My story @thetimes https://lnkd.in/eFH_BpJb

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Where have all the teachers gone? Young British teachers are a vanishing species - heading for better paid less stressful jobs in Australian and Dubai while the government pays migrant workers to fill teaching gaps in UK schools Today's story by me in The Sunday Times All articles free to read @thetimes until midnight https://lnkd.in/eUyP_ggQ

Private school bill for two children could hit £1.2 million under Labour as panicky families trying to switch out of private education say plans to charge VAT could cause crisis in areas where state schools taking no more pupil. My story @thetimes today 👇 https://lnkd.in/ezk9bGpf

Love talked to Myleene Klass, star turned mentor, helping pupils at her old school in a seaside town on the east coast "As the head of my old school put it, you came here to trying to get their grades up, now you are just trying to keep them alive'. https://lnkd.in/eT6fYHXf

“As the headmaster of my old school frankly put it, ‘You came here trying to get their grades up. Now you realise, I’m just trying to keep them alive.’ That was one of the most sobering things I had ever heard.” Myleene Klass's music career started at a state school in a seaside town. Now she's back there helping children sometimes struggling to cope. Drives in her G-wagon, public speaking and 'don't forget to put your tie on'. Loved speaking to her! https://lnkd.in/eT6fYHXf https://lnkd.in/eT6fYHXf