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School Trip Cancelled Due to Brexit Uncertainty

Posted: Thursday, 2 May 2019 - 3:47pm

A school trip to Ypres for students of a Norfolk school has been cancelled due to uncertainty over Brexit.

Students at Aylsham High School make the trip to the Belgian city every year, but parents were informed by an email, that this year’s trip would be cancelled due to the current political upheaval caused by Brexit.

School Tour of Sri Lanka in Jeopardy Following Terror Attacks

Posted: Monday, 29 April 2019 - 4:17pm

The Rugby squad from Trinity Academy, Edinburgh, was due to fly out to Sri Lanka in June, but following the attacks on a churches and hotels across the country, the tour may have to be cancelled. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has advised against all but essential travel to and from the country.

The deadly suicide bombing attacks in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa, killed around 250 people and terrorists are “very likely” to attack again, according to the updated Government advice.

Life Ban for Former RE Teacher After Unauthorised School Trips and Unprofessional Conduct

Posted: Thursday, 25 April 2019 - 10:12am

Dr Stephen Jones, a former RE teacher and assistant deputy headmaster at St Columba’s College, St Albans, has been banned from teaching for life after forming inappropriate relationships with three male pupils.

School Trips Axed in Scramble to Save Money

Posted: Tuesday, 23 April 2019 - 12:00pm

A recent survey of 1678 teachers by The Sutton Trust (an educational charity which aims to improve social mobility), has revealed that 41% of senior leaders in both primary and secondary schools have reduced school trips in an attempt to save money. 45% of classroom teachers have done the same.

Poverty Action Unit Demands Free Trips for Edinburgh Children.

Posted: Wednesday, 17 April 2019 - 1:48pm

In a report due to be given to the Scottish government in June, there were calls to make school trip travel free on Lothian buses.  The report by Edinburgh’s child poverty action unit includes a list of strategies to reduce the number of children living in poverty, currently standing at 22%.

The cross-party action unit includes teachers, pupil support assistants, mental health and public health experts, housing officials, family support and social workers, as well as young people themselves.

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