primary school

The Spy Dog, Spy Pups and Spy Cat books by Derby author Andrew Cope are aimed at children of primary school age.

Incidents of very young children taking knives into primary schools have been revealed by a BBC investigation.

Now the primary school national curriculum is taught in Somali with the curriculum remaining in English for higher education - and Arabic used at madrassas, or Islamic schools.

A primary school has said its children are arriving through the gates calmer and more focused after introducing a smartphone ban last month.

The annual report for 2024/25 said primary school attendance in the county was "moving rapidly" towards pre-pandemic levels, but desired secondary school attendance as "slower to recover".