Anna Davis

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Anna Davis is the Education Editor and Deputy Campaigns Editor at the Evening Standard. She covers everything from nursery to school, university and beyond.

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Anna Davis is the Education Editor and Deputy Campaigns Editor at the Evening Standard. She covers everything from nursery to school, university and beyond.

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Education

Catholic school hits back after being called 'socially segregated'

Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School says it has been ‘mischaracterised’ by Humanist group

21 May 2024
<p>Angie, Estifanos Habtesellasie and Alvarine Samuel at the Merton Centre</p>
Winter Survival Appeal

For many disabled people, help from Merton Centre has been pivotal

With no end in sight to cost-of-living crisis, Anna Davis talks to those benefiting from key financial advice

8 Dec 2023
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UK

Transgender guidance for schools to come 'by Christmas' - Keegan

Schools need clarity because they are "struggling" to deal with the issue alone

6 Dec 2023
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Winter Survival Appeal

'Without AFRIL’s help, I’d be on the streets begging'

Since the cost of living crisis began, Action for Refugees in Lewisham (AFRIL) has seen a 93 per cent increase in demand

6 Dec 2023
<p>An international education report has revealed UK students feel more unsafe at school than the worldwide average</p>
Education

UK teenagers bullied more at school than in many other countries

One in five UK students said they are made fun of 'a few times a month or more'

5 Dec 2023
<p>Pisa rankings are based on tests taken by 15-year-olds from around the world</p>
Education

British teenagers climb global maths and reading rankings

UK students have risen up the world league table depsite performing worse than in 2018

5 Dec 2023
<p>Teachers on strike earlier this year</p>
News

Plans to keep schools open during strikes are 'draconian' say unions

Plans to introduce minimum service levels in schools are criticised by teaching unions

28 Nov 2023
<p>Amanda Spielman is the chief inspector at Ofsted</p>
Education

Friction between schools and parents growing, Ofsted head warns

Since the Covid pandemic absenteeism has become a 'stubborn problem' in schools and disruptive behaviour has become more common

23 Nov 2023
<p>A cross-party education committee said school absence rates are “of great concern” (stock photo)</p>
Education

Pupil absence so high everyone must work to fix it - headteachers

The number of pupils skipping school remains at double pre-pandemic levels

5 Nov 2023
<p>Councillor Salman Shaheen and Jim Carter with Hounslow schoolchildren</p>
Education

Jim Carter backs scheme to turn unused land into teaching allotments

The scheme has won backing from the government and the Greater London Authority

5 Nov 2023
<p>Author Michael Shellenberger </p>
UK

Don't let tech company censoring dictate online content, report warns

Michael Shellenberger has published a new report called Free Speech and Big Tech: The Case for User Control

25 Oct 2023
<p>Professor Arif Ahmed, director for freedom of speech and academic freedom at the Office for Students, has said universities which promote free speech and ‘tolerance for disagreement’ are not only helping students but the whole of society (Chris Radburn/PA)</p>
Education

UK ‘has plunged down academic freedom league’

‘There are now persistent and widespread concerns that many in higher education are being silenced’, said director of free speech at the Office for Students

10 Oct 2023
<p>GCSE results will be published on Thursday (PA)</p>
Education

Sunak A-levels replacement plan slammed as ‘pie in the sky’

Prime Minister unveiled major reforms to the post-16 education system in his party conference speech

4 Oct 2023
<p>Evening Standard Widening Participation Forum</p>
Step Up

Poor students ‘likelier to opt for universities close to home’

Experts from the world of education gathered at the Evening Standard’s Liverpool Street headquarters

3 Oct 2023
London

Month of magic to toast proud black history

Black History Month to celebrate the enormous contribution black people have made to the capital – and help tackle the racial inequalities that still exist

3 Oct 2023
Councils are in a ‘worsening doom-spiral of unsustainable spending’ when it comes to children’s services, a new report has said (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Education

Childcare ‘unaffordable’ for half of London parents

Government must step in to help working parents with the childcare ‘juggling act’, business groups say

25 Sept 2023
<p>A report called for more universities to warn students at freshers’ weeks</p>
Education

London students ‘targets of county lines drug gangs’

Report warns that the large numbers of students in London represent a ‘potentially lucrative drug market’

21 Sept 2023
<p>UCL does well in new league table of European universities </p>
Education

London universities among the very best in Europe, league table shows

Imperial College London, University College London, and King’s College London all make it into the top ten

20 Sept 2023
<p>A taped off section inside a school in Leicester, which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) (Jacob King/PA)</p>
Education

London school closed over concrete fears has ‘no timeframe’ to reopen

Stepney All Saints secondary school is the only school in the country currently closed to all pupils over crumbling concrete concerns

20 Sept 2023