Priscilla Davo is said to be ‘devastated’ by the furore following the incident. She has been suspended from teaching Spanish and art at Danesfield Church of England middle school in Williton, Somerset.

Around 500,000 10 and 11-year-olds in England are finding out today which secondary school has allocated them a place – early results from councils showed a drop in the number of those getting their first choice.

Ellis Cashmore, a professor of culture, media and sport at Staffordshire University, says there is little proof that the Olympic Games create any kind of meaningful sporting legacy.

Schools should give lessons on pornography to teach pupils that it shows a ‘distorted image’ of sex and relationships, according to new guidance.

The shocking claims surrounding The Oasis Academy Foundry on James Turner Street come as the man in charge of the school submitted a complaint to broadcasting watching Ofcom.

Factors such as poorly educated parents and run-down neighbourhoods condemn underprivileged families to a cycle of ‘social disadvantage’, according to some education experts.

The initiative was the brainchild of a group of parents in the northern city of Basel that led the demand for schools to drop the ‘Sexbox’ education kits.

Under the Government plans, ‘baseline’ tests to monitor pupils’ progress will be moved forward from age seven to reception year by 2016, it has been reported.

Of the 10 schools with the highest proportion of children who do not speak English as their first language, all but two are outside London, and all but one are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted, the schools watchdog.

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