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Marie Claire Dorking
School introduces policy which sees parents fined £1 for every five minutes they are late picking their children up
Some parents aren't impressed by the move.
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Marie Claire Dorking
Head teacher advises parents to stop 'micromanaging' children via WhatsApp chat groups
“Stay off the parents’ WhatsApp chat!"
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Lauren Clark
Meghan Markle's 'ageless' high school prom photo has wowed royal fans
"She hasn't changed."
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Marie Claire Dorking
Over half of teenagers say the 'sex talk' with their parents wasn't up to scratch
52% of 16 and 17-year-olds didn't rate their parents' sex education.
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Marie Claire Dorking
Should schools ban packed lunches?
The call to ban packed lunches comes amid claims they are contributing to childhood obesity.
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Marie Claire Dorking
Mum labels school 'sexist' for casting daughter as 'Inn Keeper's wife' in nativity
"This is 2019 - no woman should be identified by her relationship to a man!?"
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Marie Claire Dorking
Children become less active with each year of primary school
By the time they leave primary school children are doing more than an hour less physical activity per week.
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Marie Claire Dorking
Mum outraged that photographer offers airbrushing services on school photographs for 8-year-olds
"What 8 yr old needs to be paranoid about an ‘uneven skin tone’?”
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Caroline Allen
School bans all drinks but water from packed lunch boxes
A controversial decision to ban all drinks other than water from pupil’s packed lunch boxes has come under fire.
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Caroline Allen
School lifts mobile phone ban, prompting technology debate
The move has encouraged debate amongst parents and pupils.
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Caroline Allen
Teacher's bottom wiping viral video divides the internet
Should bottom wiping be taught to children at school or at home?
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Marie Claire Dorking
Schools in California to push back start times: Should UK schools start later?
The state is set to become the first in the US to enforce later start times for schools.
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Marie Claire Dorking
School bans children from dressing up for Halloween over fears it’s not ‘inclusive’
"Not all families celebrate Halloween."
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Marie Claire Dorking
A school has banned parents from using mobile phones in the playground
The school hopes the ban will encourage parents to engage more with their children.
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Marie Claire Dorking
School becomes first in the UK to scrap holidays
Instead parents can take their children out for six weeks whenever they want.
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Marie Claire Dorking
Summer-born babies 'more likely to suffer from depression later'
Researchers found the youngest children in the academic school year are 30% more likely to develop depression.
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Danielle Fowler
School girl finds 'genius' way to snack during class by filling empty lip balm with cheese
"Further confirmation that the future is female."
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Francesca Specter
School pupil sent out of lessons for wearing 'incorrect' black shoes
The Old Skool Vans are said to break the uniform policy.
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Francesca Specter
Parents fined for picking up children late at Australian school
It's said to be for children's safety.
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Marie Claire Dorking
Grubs up: school children in Wales are being served bugs for lunch
Bug bolognese anyone?
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Ellen Manning
'Unlike William and Harry, the Duchess of Cambridge and Duchess of Sussex had to get the right qualifications'
Is getting good grades as important when you're a member of the Royal family?
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Caroline Allen
'Gender neutral' school uniform sparks protests
The school told pupils that anybody who arrived at school in a skirt would be sent home to change.
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Marie Claire Dorking
School removes a girl from class for having 'too short' trousers
The school has recently changed its school uniform policy.
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Marie Claire Dorking
Ofsted cuts homework checks from inspection: should children have to study outside of school?
From this week schools can now set no homework policies.
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Danielle Fowler
Parents complain after school bans pupils from wearing fake nails
The school argued that manicures have left some students "unable to use a pen".