Anna Davis is the Education Editor and Deputy Campaigns Editor at the Evening Standard. She covers everything from nursery to school, university and beyond.
Anna Davis is the Education Editor and Deputy Campaigns Editor at the Evening Standard. She covers everything from nursery to school, university and beyond.
Almost two-thirds of Londoners are hybrid working post-Covid
Major new study finds 61 per cent of London workers say they now work from home at least one day a week, compared with 37 per cent before the pandemic
From ‘Socialist Eton’ to riots—what went wrong at Holland Park School?
A place at the state school was once considered a golden ticket but reports of bullying, intimidation and public shamings have shaken the community. So what now? Anna Davis reports
Holland Park school set to join country’s biggest academy chain
Governing Body votes for the prestigious London school to join United Learning
‘No benefits’ of forcing failing primary schools to join trusts
Academies are not a ‘magic solution’, according to a new report
Crackdown on truancy leads to more fines
New data shows how schools in different local authorities in England are tackling truancy
Platinum Jubilee: School choir thrilled to share stage with Ed Sheeran
School children will join a 400-strong choir singing with Ed Sheeran at the Platinum Jubilee Pageant
£8.5m lab opens to study toddlers’ brain disorders
It is hoped the lab will come up with earlier interventions for conditions such as autism and ADHD
Universities must tackle ‘horrific’ drink and needle spiking
Michelle Donelan said the cause is close to her heart
‘Let trans students play for either sex team’, says London school head
Comments are at odds with Education Secretary, who said ‘biology comes first’ in sport
Children’s Commissioner says maths is not ‘too hard’ for girls
Girls are giving up the subject because they are not encouraged, Dame Rachel de Souza says
Four-day week on full pay offered in drive for more teachers
London South East Colleges hope to attract more candidates with the option of a compressed week
Scramble for extra invigilators as students return to sitting exams
GCSE and A-level exams have been cancelled for the past two years due to Covid
‘No free Covid tests means exam halls could be coronavirus hotspots’
But there is no requirement for a student who misses an exam to take a Covid test
Schoolboy’s legacy is life-saving cancer charity
Noah’s Pink Balloon Leukaemia Fund will support research into life-threatening infections
London Ukraine school: We need urgent help
St Mary’s Ukrainian school has more than doubled its intake
New secure school ‘will revolutionise how young offenders are treated’
The pilot project will follow the approach showing success in Scandinavian countries
CBBC host: Follow London pioneers and serve more veggie school meals
TV presenter Omari McQueen says more schools should follow Waltham Forest’s lead
‘Riot’ at London school sparks call for DfE to step in
A bitter dispute has broken out over plans for Holland Park School to join a multi-academy trust
On-screen exams could replace written tests under Ofqual plans
Teachers say the current pen-and-paper exams are ‘outdated and ripe for reform’