Responding to the controversy, Presentation College Carlow insisted its uniform policy has not changed.

6,000 sign petition after female pupils told to ‘avoid tight leggings’

Schools should work more with mental health professionals, police liaison officers and youth workers to meet vulnerable children’s needs, Peers heard.

Just one in 10 vulnerable children attended school during lockdown

Teachers have warned that secondary schools could be an “engine for virus transmission".

Teachers call for school closures to avoid a longer lockdown in England

A majority of secondary schools in England had to send pupils home over Covid last week.

Majority of secondary schools in England have pupils at home self-isolating

More than four in five schools in England have children absent from class because they cannot access a Covid-19 test, according to a survey.

Majority of schools have pupils isolating 'due to problems getting tests'

Schools are struggling to cope with a lack of Covid-19 tests for pupils and staff as the situation is becoming “increasingly out of control”.

Schools struggle amid 'increasingly out of control' testing chaos

Staff and pupils from more than 200 schools are unable to book tests locally and are being directed to test centres long distances away. 

Schools experiencing delays in accessing Covid-19 tests 

A survey has rubbished fears that thousands of parents would keep their children home in order to protect them from Covid-19.

Back to school attendances 'normal' as survey rubbishes fears of boycott

The JCB Academy, which reopened in August, was closed on Friday.

Coronavirus: 100 pupils told to isolate after case at Staffordshire school

Gavin Williamson proved himself to be an "A* individual and an A* secretary of state" during the A-level exams fiasco, his Cabinet colleague Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed.

Rees-Mogg: Williamson was 'A* secretary of state' during exams fiasco

Roger Taylor will appear before the Commons education committee on Wednesday in the wake of the GCSE and A-levels fiasco.

Ofqual suggests Williamson should accept blame for exams fiasco

The government is continuing to consult with the exams regulator on whether or not to delay next year's A-level and GCSE results, the education secretary has confirmed.

Williamson confirms potential plan to push back 2021 exams

The Department for Education said fines for parents who refuse to send their children to England’s schools will only be used as a last resort’.

Students return to classrooms as unions call for pause on school absence fines

ITV News has seen exclusive data that shows most state schools insist that at least some of the clothing for uniforms comes from particular outlets, with items as much as £10 more than the cheapest garment elsewhere.

Parents forced to make sacrifices in order to afford school uniforms 

Teachers have been warned to expect an increase in bad behaviour as pupils return to classrooms.

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