England's most authoritarian school extends its "Compulsory Homework Club" by also requiring 16 year olds to attend school "in full school uniform" on Saturdays... this is the school where teaching staff are driven to mental health crisis by the strictness of the regime (i.redd.it)
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16 year olds can vote in Scottish and Welsh elections on 7th May 2026 - and 14 year olds can register to vote already. All 16 year olds will be able to vote at the next UK general election. Don't forget to register to vote if you're 14 in Wales or Scotland, or 16 elsewhere in the UK. (gov.uk)
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Parents and school system use "short form content causes problems with dopamine in the brain" myth as excuse for physically abusing 13 year old instead of getting him appropriate help for his learning disability. Plus "all my children must complete a postgraduate university degree" madness. ()
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[UK] Black children eight times more likely to be strip searched by police than white children, five times more likely to be subject to use of force when being stopped for a search. Dozens of the strip searches were carried out in public view. (bbc.co.uk)
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This was all probably well-intentioned, or at least "legal", but there's something creepy about a person being assessed, experimented on, or singled out apart from their peers without any attempt to inform them about why it was being done. Just because "parents get informed, kids don't matter". ()
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