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Louisa Clarence-Smith

Education editor
  • Tribunal of gender-critical teacher collapses over panel member’s political and religious slurs

    Hearing of educator who wouldn’t use a girl’s preferred pronouns founders after one of board criticised Tories and expressed atheistic views

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 26 Mar 2024, 8:38pm
    Andrea Williams, the CEO of the Christian Legal Centre, which is representing the teacher, has vowed to 'pursue justice'
  • Keir Starmer ‘snubbing special needs schools’ by ploughing ahead with VAT raid

    Education leaders claim Labour figures refuse to meet with them to discuss the ‘unintended consequences’ of the plans

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 26 Mar 2024, 5:49pm
    Edwina Coltart
  • Nearly all private schools plan to increase fees, Telegraph poll reveals

    Labour’s VAT tax grab on schools could put seven out of ten fee-paying establishments at risk of closure

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 24 Mar 2024, 9:00pm
    Aatif Hassan, founder and chairman of Dukes Education, a group of independent schools
  • Labour’s VAT raid is lazy politics, says private school kingpin

    Aatif Hassan, the investor who founded Dukes Education, claims Keir Starmer’s policy will drive inequality

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 24 Mar 2024, 7:00pm
    Aatif Hassan, Founder and Chairman of Dukes Education, a group of independent schools
  • Oxford University accused of ‘stitch-up’ over election of new chancellor

    In change to usual rules, a small committee will choose who is put up to succeed Lord Patten

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 23 Mar 2024, 1:13pm
    Oxford is holding its first election for chancellor since 2003
  • Record number of pupils missed half of school in summer term

    Figures confirm the ‘worst fears’ that regular absences are ‘becoming entrenched’ after the pandemic

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 21 Mar 2024, 5:36pm
    School pupils
  • Most parents want under-16s smartphone ban, finds poll

    Screen use wrecking children’s eyesight, mental health and life chances, warn campaigners

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 21 Mar 2024, 6:00am
    Parentkind, a charity, is urging all political parties to put age restrictions on smartphones
  • Part-time nursery places cost up to £218 a week, survey finds

    Childcare costs for 25 hours a week for under-twos have had the highest annual increase in more than 20 years

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 19 Mar 2024, 6:00am
    The most expensive area was inner London, where the average cost of 25 hours per week for a child under two is £218
  • Welsh Labour ‘allowing children to change gender without telling parents’

    Calls for guidance on trans pupils grow as less than half of schools in Wales say they would notify parents of gender-questioning children

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 18 Mar 2024, 8:45pm
    Merched Cymru found that only 28 per cent of Welsh schools would tell parents about their child's gender-based actions
  • Girls reading and maths hit harder by Covid lockdowns

    Contrary to earlier expectations lessons at home during pandemic have cut the gap in ability between the sexes

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 18 Mar 2024, 7:00am
    Girls' education suffered through lack of social contact during lockdown, data suggest
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  • Young people in crisis waiting ‘far too long’ for mental health help, says tsar

    More than 270,000 referred to services still not been seen, Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza warns

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 15 Mar 2024, 6:00am
    Too many children are waiting for help with mental health problems on NHS
  • Lonely secondary school children less likely to have successful careers

    Study finds young adults who experienced loneliness earlier on in life experienced difficulties in young adulthood

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 14 Mar 2024, 9:52am
    School pupil alone
  • Teachers who use wrong pronouns could face legal challenges, unions warn

    Draft transgender guidance for schools is not ‘legally sound’, Government warned

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 12 Mar 2024, 4:51pm
    A graphic showing school pupils superimposed on a transgender pride flag
  • Cambridge to scrap ‘unjust’ state school targets

    Experts back move, saying university should prioritise students ‘from poorest households’

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 11 Mar 2024, 8:52pm
    Cambridge University has been accused of discriminating against pupils from private schools
  • ‘Sexual abuse’ affected my relationships with women, says Earl Spencer

    Something in me died during those five years at Maidwell Hall prep school, reveals Princess Diana’s brother

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 11 Mar 2024, 7:05pm
    Earl Spencer said it was 'logically the case' he had been affected by the alleged abuse
  • Universities may reduce British student numbers as financial collapse looms

    One university in England ‘could go bust this year’ as frozen tuition fees, high costs and falling international numbers bite

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 11 Mar 2024, 6:45pm
    Excited college students throw their mortar boards into the air
  • Labour calls for punishment of protesters who damaged Balfour portrait

    Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said vandals must ‘face consequences as a result of their actions’

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 9 Mar 2024, 12:57pm
    Arthur Balfour was a leading supporter of creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine
  • I would have punched ‘rude’ school inspectors, says Gillian Keegan

    Education Secretary tells head teachers of her shock at Ofsted officials’ conduct at a school in her constituency

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 8 Mar 2024, 2:02pm
    Gillian Keegan, the Education Secretary
  • School watches pupils’ houses to catch out families on holiday

    While many parents now see it as acceptable to pull children out in term time, one head is turning to checking cars and bins at their homes

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 6 Mar 2024, 6:33pm
    Astrea Academy Woodfields is one of a number of schools going to great lengths to stop parents taking children out of school
  • Parents accuse ‘outstanding’ secondary school of shrinking catchment area without warning

    Reduction in Year 7 intake leaves families who bought houses nearby without a place

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 6 Mar 2024, 4:55pm
    Joey Kwong and her son Brayden live 512 metres away from the school gates but have not received a place for this year's intake
  • Stop putting men down to improve female equality, says Tory MP

    Steve Double warns that discussions in schools on ‘toxic masculinity’ are leaving boys facing a ‘negative narrative’

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 5 Mar 2024, 5:53pm
    Four in 10 sixth form boys told they are the problem in schools
  • Oxford chaplain accused of improper rape remarks gets welfare role at new college

    Rev Canon Bruce Kinsey is alleged to have asked a victim if she was aware of ‘the effect she had on men’

    Louisa Clarence-Smith 4 Mar 2024, 7:04pm
    Rev Canon Bruce Kinsey has denied the allegations made about his comments
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