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Sian Griffiths
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Sian Griffiths
@SianGriffiths6
Journalist including education/parenting. Print, online, radio. TV Presenter BBC 2 documentary School Swap. DMs open for stories
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    Jul 5
    Should you let your children stay up to watch the England game? thetimes.com/article/dcb1fb…
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    Mar 28, 2020
    BREAKING: Some good news for once #Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has had her temporary release from prison in Iran extended by 2 weeks & her case is recommended for clemency. Fingers crossed she will be home in London soon with Richard & Gabriella! @thesundaytimes @FreeNazanin
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    May 22, 2020
    BREAKING: Independent SAGE committee of scientists says that June 1st is TOO SOON for schools to re-open safely,
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    Sian Griffiths
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    May 28, 2020
    BREAKING Full Independent Sage report to be published today will say it is NOT safe for schools to re-open on June 1. Re-opening risks pushing the R rate above one, say scientists led by former government chief adviser David King
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    Sep 8, 2024
    NEW I’m taking legal action over school VAT for my daughter’s sake - first legal action against government’s plan to charge 20% VAT on private schools ⁦@thetimes⁩
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    Sian Griffiths
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    Sep 4, 2021
    Breaking: Gender identity clinic whistleblower Sonia Appleby wins £20,000 damages @thesundaytimes @MForstater @SafeSchools_UK
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    Gender identity clinic whistleblower wins damages for ‘vilification’
    A whistleblower who claims she was “vilified” by an NHS gender identity clinic after raising concerns about the safety of children undergoing treatment has been
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    Sian Griffiths
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    Aug 16, 2020
    NEW: 300 teenagers who missed their offers due to the A level exam marking fiasco have been given places @UniofOxford. Many are from disadvantaged backgrounds. This takes Oxford’s state school entry this year to a record breaking 67.8%. So proud of my old university! 👏👏👏
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    Sian Griffiths
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    Mar 7, 2023
    A group of 6300 people including over 1100 doctors, nurses and health practitioners has this morning sent a letter to NHS Chiefs of the four nations and ministers urging that the word ‘woman’ be reinstated in NHS communications on women’s health @CanSG_org
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    Sian Griffiths
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    Oct 4, 2022
    Education Minister Jonathan Gullis says his 'biggest fear' is private schools losing tax breaks
    Education Minister says his 'biggest fear' is private schools losing tax breaks
    From mirror.co.uk
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    Oct 21, 2023
    BREAKiNG Mother wins landmark court ruling to stop child having private trans treatment @thetimes @SafeSchools_UK @Docstockk @MForstater
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    Mother wins landmark court ruling to stop child having private trans treatment
    A mother has won the first High Court ruling to stop her child, who believes they are the opposite sex, being treated outside the NHS. The interim order, made in August, prevents the woman’s ex-hus...
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    Sian Griffiths
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    Oct 16, 2022
    Exclsve: Primary school teacher fights legal test case after suspension for refusing to call a female pupil by a boy’s name or use male pronouns, opposing school’s ‘transgender affirming’ policy @thetimes @SafeSchools_UK @Transgendertrd @christianlegal
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    Primary teacher to fight legal case after refusal to call female pupil by boy’s name
    A primary teacher who was sacked after refusing to call an eight-year-old schoolgirl by a boy’s name or use male pronouns is to fight a legal test case.The tea
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    Sian Griffiths
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    Feb 5, 2022
    NEW Private schools ‘gamed’ Covid rules to give their pupils more top A level grades as @halfon4harlowMP @bphillipsonMP call for national enquiry into last year’s results and @nadhimzahawi insists public exams must go ahead this summer @thesundaytimes
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    Private schools ‘gamed’ Covid rules to give their pupils more top A-levels
    Our study of pandemic grade inflation shows that many leading independents at least doubled their clutch of A*s
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    Sian Griffiths
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    Sep 25, 2022
    ‘Life for girls is worse than it was 50 years ago’ - head of one of Cambridge’s two women only colleges calls for a public enquiry to tackle the crisis of the deep unhappiness of young women including students. Chilling talk with @dorotheabyrne @thetimes thetimes.co.uk/article/our-yo…
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    Sian Griffiths
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    May 22, 2020
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    The 'Independent Sage' committee chaired by former chief scientific adviser Sir David King, has carried out modelling which shows the risk to children is halved if ministers delay their planned school opening date by two weeks.