From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Parents have been asked to sign up to a pledge to keep smartphones away from their children until they have, at least, finished primary school. Some 250 parents from 13 primary schools in North ...

Each school is given a rating – outstanding, good, requires improvement, or inadequate. Here is a list of the Mansfield, Ashfield and Hucknall areas primary schools rated outstanding or good ...

A primary school was forced to evacuate staff and children and call in bomb disposal experts after a pupil brought a hand grenade to a show-and-tell assembly. The youngster unexpectedly ...

In the shocking case, which was discovered last January, a married primary school teacher was found to have been committing “violent acts of a sexual nature" against a student. While the teacher ...

Surrey Police have deployed extra officers around the Byfleet after a concerning incident near a primary school on Thursday (May 15) afternoon. Officers were called to reports of youths seen in a ...

An industrial tribunal has awarded a Salford primary school teacher £370,000 after finding she was unfairly sacked and discriminated against for "trade union reasons." Carmen Wood-Hope ...

A security alert sparked by a “hoax device” in south Belfast has ended following a controlled explosion. Finaghy Primary School was forced to close in the area as a result of the alert.

Fruit juice, white bread, and sugary cereals are among foods to be banned in primary schools in Wales under major changes proposed for healthier eating. Sugary puddings, cheese, and processed ...

A 12-year-old has been charged after being found with a craft knife at Laurencekirk Primary School in Aberdeenshire. Police Scotland said it received a "report of concern" about a child in ...

The number of incidents of racism or racist bullying recorded in Scotland's schools increased by 50% last year, figures obtained by BBC Scotland News reveal. According to Freedom of Information ...

A school went into lockdown after a partially naked man was spotted walking through its grounds, police say. Peninsula Primary School children were kept in their classrooms and police were on-site ...