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    Rishi Sunak’s Plan To Make Maths Compulsory Until 18 – Is It A Wise Move?

    Rishi Sunak, after becoming Britain’s Prime Minister on 25th October 2022, has announced plans to ensure that all students study some form of mathematics up to the age of 18. Mike Wong analyses the pros and cons of the policy idea....
  • Do we place too much value on uniforms?

    As soon as we were old enough to start school, uniform becomes a part of our everyday lives. Being costumed into pleated skirts, grey trousers, polo tops and a variety of coloured jumpers by our parents is the bane of every child's morning. Why did we have to look...
  • From Nutrients To Nuggets: The History Of Schools Meals

    After Rashford's campaign to ensure children get feed over the summer holiday, Kayleigh Moore explores school meals their history and their importance....
  • Yes, Britain is Racist and I Am Tired (Part One)

    The last month has been incredibly hard for me and many black people. I have felt so many emotions: rage, anguish, sadness and frustration. One of the most frustrating things that I found is the fact that people keep on telling me that racism doesn’t exist as much in...
  • Change Must Begin With the National Curriculum

    Educational group, The Black Curriculum, is pushing for the British school syllabus to be changed. Founded in 2019, it advocates for black history to be taught in schools across the UK. Social enterprise, The Black Curriculum, seeks to redress the predominantly Eurocentric perspective of the UK’s national curriculum. It advocates...
  • Secondary School Dress Codes: Necessary or OTT?

    I remember very clearly how it felt to wear a uniform at school. The ease of waking up in the morning and throwing the same thing on, the sense of school identity, and the copious amounts of stuff I could fit into the many pockets of my blazer. But...
  • Government Introduces Free Sanitary Products in Secondary Schools

    Wednesday 13th March 2019 was a pretty wonderful day for women across England. Despite the dismality of more Brexit disappointment, one Conservative did not disappoint as Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in his Spring Statement that starting from September 2019, secondary schools and colleges in England will receive government funding...