Half of the world’s population loses around 30-50 millilitres of blood each month- menstruation is a natural human function, yet somehow it’s still perceived as shameful.
Headteachers from Derbyshire joined hundreds of others from across the country during a recent protest rally at Westminster about school funding in England.
The Conservative-run county council has agreed to write to Tories in central government to voice its concerns over the negative impact of a new school assessment method – which it says is “isolating pupils”.
The county council has revealed details of how it is spending more than £17 million on repairs and improvements to schools around Derbyshire for the next year.
Hands-on classes such as woodwork and apprenticeships are needed to stop troubled kids at risk of school exclusion from straying into “darker realms,” a county councillor has said.
An investigation into the rising number of permanent exclusions in Derbyshire has found a lack of mental health support, reduced school budgets and new assessment methods to be to blame.
A Crich teenager will take the stage with one of the UK’s leading musical theatre companies for young people this summer after beating hundreds of other hopefuls.
