Education
Teacher Permanently Banned After Slapping Pupil Over Classroom Incident
Published: 06 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk, English Chronicle Online A computer science teacher in Farnborough has been permanently banned from teaching in England after striking a pupil who laughed at a classmate struggling to answer a question. The incident has raised serious questions about professional boundaries and the responsibility of educators to maintain a safe learning environment. Bernard Aquilina, 35, who taught at Cove Secondary School in Hampshire,...
UK Home Office approves extra visas for UCL international students amid deferred admission concerns
Published: 06 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk, English Chronicle Online. In a significant development for international students aspiring to study in the United Kingdom, the Home Office has granted additional visas for University College London (UCL) students who had previously been instructed to defer their enrollment. This decision comes after a series of discussions between UCL officials and government representatives, resolving a situation that had left hundreds of students...
Conservation Pioneer Jane Goodall Passes Away at 91
Published: 02 October '2025. The English Chronicle Desk Jane Goodall, the renowned primatologist and conservationist whose groundbreaking research transformed the global understanding of animal behavior and emotions, has passed away at the age of 91. Her institute confirmed that she died of natural causes while on a speaking tour in California, leaving behind a legacy that has influenced generations of scientists, conservationists, and animal lovers around the world. Goodall’s work...
Covid School Closures in UK Severely Disrupted Children’s Lives, Inquiry Finds
Published: 30 September '2025. The English Chronicle Desk The Covid-19 pandemic inflicted profound and lasting damage on the lives of children in the United Kingdom, a public inquiry has heard, describing the school closures and lockdown measures as having disrupted the “very fabric of childhood.” On the opening day of a four-week session examining the pandemic’s impact on children and young people, Clair Dobbin KC, counsel to the inquiry, cautioned...
Rachel Reeves Unveils Ambitious Plan to Bring a Library to Every Primary School in England
Published: 29 September '2025. The English Chronicle Desk Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has announced a bold initiative to provide a library in every primary school across England, as part of a wider plan to ensure that all children receive the best possible start in life, regardless of their socio-economic background. The proposal, which targets 1,700 primary schools currently without dedicated library facilities, is designed to give young students access...
White Low-Income Pupils in England Show Lowest Levels of School Engagement, Study Finds
Published: 26 September 2025, The English Chronicle Desk New research has revealed that white pupils from low-income families in England start secondary school with significantly lower levels of enthusiasm and effort compared with their peers from other ethnic backgrounds. The findings may shed light on persistent differences in academic achievement and classroom behaviour across ethnic and socioeconomic groups. The study, conducted across more than 120 schools in England, measured pupil...
Report Finds School History Lessons Marginalise Women’s Contributions
Published: 24 September 2025. The English Chronicle Desk A recent report has revealed that school history lessons in England give insufficient attention to the role of women, often limiting their presence to a handful of monarchs or famous suffragettes, while ignoring the broader contributions of women throughout history. The study, conducted by the campaign group End Sexism in Schools, analysed key stage 3 curricula—the first three years of secondary education—and...
It Changed My View’: Campaign Encourages Pupils in Deprived Areas to Consider University
Published: 24 September 2025. The English Chronicle Desk A new government-backed letter-writing initiative is seeking to inspire students from some of England’s most deprived areas to consider higher education, highlighting how background need not dictate opportunity. Thousands of sixth formers with top GCSE results have received personalised letters from university students who share similar experiences, aiming to break down barriers to university progression. One such letter, addressed to a student...
Historic Letters Unearthed on eBay Reveal UK Families’ Profits from Slavery
Published: 23 September '2025. The English Chronicle Online A remarkable discovery of 19th-century letters on eBay has shed new light on prominent British families who amassed fortunes through slavery, highlighting the often-overlooked connections between colonial exploitation and the foundations of modern British wealth. The documents, originally traded among collectors of rare stamps and postmarks, were brought to wider scholarly attention when Malik Al Nasir purchased a tranche while researching his...
UK Confronts Rising Crisis of Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse as Patterns Shift
Published: 23 September '2025. The English Chronicle Online The United Kingdom is facing a growing crisis in child-on-child sexual abuse, with recent data indicating a “fundamental shift” in offending patterns, according to the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC). Figures from the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) reveal that group-based offending among children is now more prevalent than crimes associated with grooming gangs, signalling a troubling evolution in...
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