Eton to fund three new sixth form colleges aimed at young people who live in deprived areas

Eton College has signed an agreement with an academy trust to open three selective state sixth form colleges for young people who live in deprived northern areas.   The landmark agreement, which was signed this month, has seen the 581-year-old independent boarding school form a partnership with Star Academies to open three highly selective sixth … Read more

Is your brain sleep deprived? Low mood, depression and even Alzheimer’s can be linked to tiredness

Most of us operate at 50 per cent of our mental capacity. It’s like having a high-performance Ferrari and just using it to nip to the shops once in a while. Having spent the past 25 years practising as a neurosurgeon, there is not much I don’t know about the workings of the brain, and … Read more

Is your brain sleep deprived? Low mood, depression and even Alzheimer’s can be linked to tiredness

Most of us operate at 50 per cent of our mental capacity. It’s like having a high-performance Ferrari and just using it to nip to the shops once in a while. Having spent the past 25 years practising as a neurosurgeon, there is not much I don’t know about the workings of the brain, and … Read more

Tony Blair backs demand for thousands more iPads and laptops for deprived children if schools close

Former prime minister Tony Blair today backed demands for laptops and tablets to be given to hundreds of thousands of children who face their schools closing in the face of a surge in Covid infections.  He was joined by three former education secretaries in urging Boris Johnson to help the poorest children who face an … Read more

PROFESSOR MATTHEW GOODWIN: White working class boys are the most deprived in Britain

Last week I gave evidence at the Education Committee’s inquiry into why poor white children do so badly at school. It’s an inquiry that was long overdue.  The fact that I was there at all was something of a miracle because I am white and come from a single-parent, working-class family where money was always … Read more

PROFESSOR MATTHEW GOODWIN: White working class boys are the most deprived in Britain

Last week I gave evidence at the Education Committee’s inquiry into why poor white children do so badly at school. It’s an inquiry that was long overdue.  The fact that I was there at all was something of a miracle because I am white and come from a single-parent, working-class family where money was always … Read more

Pet tortoises are being eaten ALIVE by hungry rats deprived of kitchen scraps during lockdown 

(Not so) fast food! Warning as pet tortoises are being eaten ALIVE by hungry restaurant rats deprived of kitchen scraps during lockdown Tortoises are being attacked by rats who are being deprived of their normal food With many of the UK’s restaurants closed, kitchen scraps are not being left out Owners have complained of their … Read more

White working-class children are UK’s most deprived pupils MPs warned

White working-class children are UK’s most deprived pupils – and they’ll be hardest hit by Covid fallout too, researchers warn MPs Research was submitted to the Committee Education Select Committee Children eligible for free school meals half as likely to do well in GCSEs as poor people from ethnic backgrounds One Oxford University don said … Read more

White working-class children are UK’s most deprived pupils MPs warned

White working-class children are UK’s most deprived pupils – and they’ll be hardest hit by Covid fallout too, researchers warn MPs Research was submitted to the Committee Education Select Committee Children eligible for free school meals half as likely to do well in GCSEs as poor people from ethnic backgrounds One Oxford University don said … Read more