@nathan_standley

BBC News journalist 📧 [email protected]

 Sheffield/Leeds
Joined July 2011
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bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/curati… It’s 100 days to go before the @Paralympics kick off in Paris but there’s disappointment in a lack of improvement on the City’s Metro system - only one line is fully accessible and it makes life much harder (and slower) for the disabled people we met. @MunazaRafiq, @dannelson_cam @nathan_standley, @Anaalanzonn and Lib have coverage throughout the day including this on @BBCSounds
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Metro disabled access 'shame' for Paralympic Paris. @BBCNews⁩ bbc.com/news/articles/cyrlr5…

Paris 2024: Paralympics 'shame' in lack of Metro disabled access

Charity says lack of work to improve access to Paris's Metro ahead of Games is "scandalous".

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How a headteacher saved his pupils from a knifeman bbc.in/3v7dOl1

How a head teacher saved his pupils from a knifeman

Children hid under desks as Ciran Stapleton kept an armed intruder talking in the school corridor.

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Kristian Johnson@kristianj238 Mar 2024
👨‍👩‍👧 Could you support your family for just £172 a week? 💷 Statutory paternity pay is going up from today - but only by £12. 🤷‍♂️ New dad Sean says the changes are “pointless” as a campaign calls for more time off at better pay for ALL dads. Full story: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68485122
Sean with his nine month old daughter Isla

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Hazel Shearing@hazelshearing3 Jan 2024
Schools with Raac have been calling for special consideration for their students in exams. But the government has told the BBC it's "not possible to make changes to exams and assessments for only some groups of students". Read the full story here 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/education-677…

Students at Raac schools fear they are 'kissing top grades goodbye'

Pupils are forced to postpone science experiments, and even switch courses, months before their GCSEs.

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Read this to fully understand- in her owns words what #ruthperry went through. These notes were found by her sister Julia Waters after her sister’s death. Warning this is powerful & distressing because it is so directly from Ruth Perry’s own thoughts bbc.co.uk/news/education-676…

I.N.A.D.E.Q.U.A.T.E - Ruth Perry’s despair in handwritten notes

In the days following an inspection at her school, the head teacher wrote down her innermost thoughts.

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The inquest into the suicide of Ruth Perry is being held at Reading crown court this week bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gw69…

Latest News Picks - Ruth Perry - Remembering my sister - BBC Sounds

An inquest opens into the death of a headteacher left broken after an Ofsted report.

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The Beyond Ofsted inquiry says the relationship between schools & Ofsted is now toxic. The year long inquiry was funded by ⁦@NEUnion⁩ - chaired by former school’s minister ⁦@LordJimKnight⁩ with ⁦@ucl⁩ academics bbc.co.uk/news/education-674…

Ofsted seen as toxic and schools should self-evaluate, says inquiry

A report says Ofsted is seen as "toxic" and inspectors should not have direct contact with schools.

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@BBCNews28 Jun 2023
Estimated 700,000 pupils in unsafe school buildings, National Audit Office says bbc.in/441yXZQ
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Alice Evans@alicerevans322 Jun 2023
More on the story here from @nathan_standley and @lucyfesmer 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/education-659…

Most university students working paid jobs, survey shows

There has been a big increase across the UK in the number of students earning money, research reveals.

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Protesters have gathered outside the Oxford Union this afternoon to demonstrate against a talk being held there today with Kathleen Stock More here with @BBCElaine and @ChristinaMcS in Oxford bbc.co.uk/news/education-657…

Kathleen Stock: Protests at Oxford Union as talk goes ahead

Protesters gathered at Oxford Union, after the prime minister backed Kathleen Stock's invitation.

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Hayley Clarke@hayleytclarke26 May 2023
EXC: Four in 10 pupils have difficulty accessing free period products in UK schools, research shared with BBC News suggests. bbc.co.uk/news/education-656…

'No pads at school, so my period leaked on exam chair'

Some pupils are struggling to access period products in schools, data shared with BBC News suggests.

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Hazel Shearing@hazelshearing18 May 2023
Here's a flavour of one of the Year 6 Sats reading questions highlighted to us yesterday, after we got hold of a copy of the paper
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Hazel Shearing@hazelshearing16 May 2023
Primary school children in England have ranked fourth in the international rankings for reading 📚 New from @nathan_standley 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/education-656…

Children in England ranked fourth globally for reading

Some countries were not included in the main rankings table after delaying testing due to the Covid pandemic.

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Quite a day covering all things #Eurovision2023 in Liverpool
Sam Ryder says hello at the Eurovision fanzone

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Two women in Union flag get up interviewed on the BBC news channel

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A chat on camera with the Fizz formerly known as Bucks Fizz

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A crowd of Eurovision fans getting interviewed for the BBC News Channel

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Vanessa Clarke@Clarkevanessa5 May 2023
Nursery owners have told me about the stress involved in Ofsted inspections, but the watchdog says they are first and foremost for children and parents bbc.co.uk/news/education-654…

Nurseries and childminders join call for Ofsted changes

Inspections are increasingly seen as "something to dread", the Early Years Alliance charity says.

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This is the first time any of the Edu journos in the room have seen this - all the unions together ⁦@cyclingkev⁩ says they have a shared moral purpose
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We're at the @NAHTnews conference in Telford In the coming weeks head teachers will be asked to vote on whether they would support taking strike action A press conference involving all four teaching unions (NAHT, NEU, NASUWT and ASCL) will begin shortly bbc.co.uk/news/education-654…

Head teachers in England to reballot on strikes

The NAHT is holding a new vote on whether to strike over pay, funding, workload and wellbeing.

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Ros Atkins
@BBCRosAtkins27 Apr 2023
The latest teachers strike in England is today. 3 mins on what's happened to teachers' pay since 2012. The average teachers' salary has reduced in real terms - and more so than some other professions. Produced by Michael Cox, Rob England, Robert Cuffe. bbc.co.uk/news/education-632…
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Vanessa Clarke@Clarkevanessa20 Apr 2023
ASCL will ballot members over strike action for the first time. bbc.co.uk/news/education-653…

Teachers' strikes: School leaders to vote over strike action in England

It is the first time in its history that the ASCL will ballot its members over strike action.

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