[ad_1] Vanessa ClarkeEducation correspondentGetty ImagesVAT is now being added to private school fees after new rules came into force on 1 January.The government plans to spend the money raised on more teachers for state schools in England.Private schools say they have already seen a drop in secondary school pupil numbers because of higher fees.What is VAT and when was it added to private school fees?Value added tax (VAT) is one
[ad_1] EPASir Keir Starmer has said his planned shake-up of training in England will reduce the need for firms to hire from abroad.In a speech, the prime minister said a lack of workplace skills had made the UK reliant on "higher and higher" levels of immigration.Labour is likely to face public and political pressure to reduce legal migration from record highs in the wake of Brexit.It does not have an
[ad_1] It’s not often a mother follows in her daughter's footsteps, but for Maureen that’s exactly what happened.The 88-year-old made the move from her home in Leamington Spa to a retirement village near Rugby, Warwickshire, eight years after her daughter moved there. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Parents in the UK admire their children's teachers, but they are too busy to help with the homework Parents in the UK are much less likely to spend more than an hour per day helping with their children's homework compared with parents in other countries, a survey suggests.A survey of 27,830 parents in 29 countries found only 11% of UK parents spent an
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images "There can be so much disappointment and loneliness because we are encouraged to aspire and have ambitions - and then what happens when we fail?"Maybe exam results aren't good enough. The ideal you've been built up for - like being a footballer, being a doctor - doesn't happen."This 20-year-old woman, interviewed for a study on youth loneliness, captures the sense of pressure and isolation many
