News archive for 4th August 2018

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Call for primary school age to be raised to six - Scotsman Sturgeon Government accused of deceiving parents over right to boycott new school tests - Express Dying mum told she can’t take son out of school for last ever holiday together because it’s not ‘exceptional circumstances’ - The Sun Mum dying from terminal cancer was refused permission to take son out of school for last ever holiday - Mirror No Etonians in the cabinet? How will we ever cope? - Guardian Britain’s economics students are dangerously poorly educated - Guardian Men in the early years - UKEdChat Dying mother told she couldn’t take son on holiday without ‘exceptional circumstances’ - Metro Eton pupils 'have gone street' and style themselves after London gangs - Mail 'How a school mentor and a picture frame changed my life' - Herald Scotland 700 teachers needed to combat Scotland’s teaching recruitment crisis - Scotsman Teacher recruitment crisis: Scottish schools facing nearly 700 vacancies - Herald Scotland Music education isn't just a luxury – it should be for everyone - Telegraph Adulting? I missed school the day they taught us how to be a grown-up - Telegraph Family that’s had kids at local school for 43 years - Express More students means later lectures - Times Schools must help us close gap, says St Andrews head Sally Mapstone - Times