We fact check and explain issues about schools, teacher shortages, childcare, universities, and qualifications.
Education
A recent poll found two thirds of parents of secondary school pupils were against mask wearing in classrooms, but the results may not be representative of parents generally. Read
Education
The former Conservative leader claimed that more than 90,000 pupils are now absent from school. Read
Education
The Observer has reported that only 8% of schools have received CO2 monitors, based on a meaningless Twitter poll. Read
Education
The Royal Society found that 3.5% of black academic staff working in STEM were professors, not that 3.5% of professors were black. Read
Education
Figures supposedly showing that between 95,000 and 135,000 children failed to return to school this term are based on a snapshot of just one day. Read
Education
A BBC News article said 10% of children’s books have an ethnic minority character, but this figure comes from flawed research. Read
Education
A Mail Online article incorrectly claims ‘23% of parents of secondary pupils will insist their children wear masks’. Read
Education
An Evening Standard article claims that almost 100,000 children have not returned to school since the start of the pandemic. Read
Education
Maria Miller is the latest person to misinterpret Ofsted’s survey on abuse in schools Read
Health
Data is based on tests reported and so excludes the many tests taken but not reported. Read
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