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Exam stress: Anxious students urged to get in touch

by Peter Bearne
students who are feeling anxious about their GCSEs are urged to get in touch
students who are feeling anxious about their GCSEs are urged to get in touch Credit: Chris Radburn/PA Wire/Press Association Images

The charity Childline says its Nottingham office is getting hundreds of calls a week in the Midlands from teenagers suffering exam stress.

It's urging students who are feeling anxious about their GCSEs to get in touch.

Last year, the charity received more than 1500 calls from young people under 18 who were worried about their exams.

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Gove wants to bring education 'back to the 1950s'

Kenny Frederick, a headteacher and member of the NAHT executive, has accused the Education Secretary Michael Gove of wanting to "bring us back to 1950s".

Speaking on the BBC's Radio 5 Live, she said that Mr Gove has not listened to teachers and that his plan was destined to "fall flat on its face".

Mr Gove is expected to receive an angry reception when he speaks at the NAHT conference in Birmingham this afternoon.

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Union: Michael Gove like a 'fanatical personal trainer'

Schools are losing their sense of humour under piles of data and spreadsheets as headteachers are forced to "wrestle with an octopus" of government initiatives and reforms, a union leader will warn today.

Michael Gove has been likened to a 'fanatical personal trainer'. Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire/Press Association Images

Heads are becoming tired of constant change to the education system, and believe it is being dismantled before their eyes, according to Bernadette Hunter, president of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT).

In a strongly-worded attack, Ms Hunter will say she believes that Education Secretary Michael Gove is not a champion of education, and liken the minister to a "fanatical personal trainer" urging headteachers to go "faster, faster, higher and higher".

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Prince Charles greeted by pupils at new academy

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Prince Charles has been greeted by pupils at The Co-Operative Academy in Stoke-on-Trent, as part of his visit to the city.

The academy moved to its new £23m building in September 2012.

The Prince of Wales is returning to the city to view the progress which is being made by his charities in their efforts to regenerate Stoke-on-Trent.

Full Derren Brown interview on his passion for art

Derren Brown is a master of illusion whose trickery can leave us barely able to believe our eyes. But he is not just a magician, he is also a dab hand with a paintbrush, as a class of art students from Leicestershire found out today.

The TV star visited their school to show his support for a charity set up in memory of a former pupil.

Derren Brown unveils portrait he created of his mum

Derren Brown painted this portrait of his mum

The illusionist Derren Brown famed for his mind-bending stunts has swapped the stage for the classroom as he shares with children another talent of his, painting.

Derren Brown taught a classroom of art students in Loughborough today where he showed them this portrait of his mum.

Derren Brown has been teaching children an art class in Loughborough
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