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Pupils can study a wider range of subjects with others from around the world after a school joined an international programme. Saltus became the island’s first member of the Global Online Academy. A spokeswoman explained that the network brought toge...

Saltus Grammar School has been accused of asking middle school pupils to prepare an assignment that discussed “the better parts of slavery”

A retired principal of a private school backed the Government’s plans to shake up the public education system – but said the scheme had to be supported by good resources and teacher training. Sue Moench, who retired from Mount St Agnes Academy, a Cat...

Covid-19 restrictions for schoolchildren were branded as excessive and heavy-handed yesterday. Parents of public and private school pupils said that classroom quarantines, masks in schools and the ten-day test rule after travel should all be relaxed....

Pupils at a private school will move to remote learning tomorrow after a “surge” in coronavirus cases. A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Institute said that deep cleaning would be carried out before the school reopened in two weeks. She added: “This clos...

Schools can again welcome parents and hold assemblies for staff and pupils after Covid-19 precautions were eased yesterday. A Ministry of Education spokeswoman confirmed that public schools had moved to Phase 3 of the Government’s Covid-19 system for...

Spare a little sympathy — just a little — for Clarien Bank. When it announced that it was giving $100,000 to assist Black and members of other underrepresented groups to pay their school fees at private schools, its executives presumably expected to...

Sports captains at a private school have started a campaign to keep pupils fit despite Covid-19 restrictions. Ellie Richmond and Andre Mussenden, both 16, of Warwick Academy, said that the Dig Deep Fitness Challenge asked schoolmates to submit videos...

An antiracism charity today called for more consideration and consultation on racial matters after controversy broke out over a bank’s bursary programme designed to help Black children attend private schools. A spokeswoman for Citizens Uprooting Raci...

A bank came under fire for the perpetuation of racist mechanisms yesterday after it offered several private school bursaries for Black pupils. Social Justice Bermuda said that it supported the principle of investment in education for Black Bermudian...

A bank has donated $125,000 to charities struggling to survive over the coronavirus pandemic. Clarien Bank has also pledged a further $25,000 a year to fund private school scholarships for Black pupils. A total of nine charities were given windfalls ...

The island’s private schools have announced the cancellation of this year’s IGCSE and International Baccalaureate exams in the face of ongoing restrictions against Covid-19. Public schools earlier this month had the Cambridge Checkpoint exams called ...