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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
London
Joined October 2011
- 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
- BREAKING: Independent SAGE committee of scientists says that June 1st is TOO SOON for schools to re-open safely,
- 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
- 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
- Breaking: Gender identity clinic whistleblower Sonia Appleby wins £20,000 damages @thesundaytimes @MForstater @SafeSchools_UK
- 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! 👏👏👏
- 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
- Education Minister Jonathan Gullis says his 'biggest fear' is private schools losing tax breaks
- BREAKiNG Mother wins landmark court ruling to stop child having private trans treatment @thetimes @SafeSchools_UK @Docstockk @MForstater
- 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
- 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
- ‘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…
- Replying to @SianGriffiths6The '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.
