Children ‘need recommended daily allowance of arts lessons’
Campaigners are pushing for schools to ensure children are spending enough time on art subjects
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
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
Kate’s old school ‘fails to carry out checks on new teachers’
The Duchess of Cambridge attended Marlborough College during the 1990s
‘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
Students kept wearing school masks despite rule changes
Secondary school headteachers more likely to want masks to be mandatory than primary school heads, data shows
Children should be taught patriotism, MP says
Britain is not ‘some sort of racist hell hole’ the education committee hears
Teachers need help dealing with trans children, Nadhim Zahawi says
The Education Secretary is working on new guidance for teachers and says parents should be ‘front and centre’ in discussions about sex and gender
Covid wreaking havoc in schools and could disrupt exams, teachers warn
Claims come as teachers say they are “deeply frustrated” they do not have official data on how many pupils are absent due to the virus
Nadhim Zahawi praises ‘fantastic ethos’ of grammar schools
The DNA of grammar schools should be spread throughout the system, he said
Parents protest at takeover of ‘socialist Eton’ by big academy chain
Holland Park is in the process of joining United Learning, which runs more than 70 schools
Fewer London children are absent from school due to Covid
Overall Covid-related absence in England fell below one per cent for the first time this academic year
London teachers ‘mustn’t be afraid to discuss the war with children’
Inna Hryhorovych told how her family in Ukraine have been forced to take shelter in their bath as missile sirens blared
Top London private schools unite to crack down on sex harassment
EXCLUSIVE: The two schools have committed to creating a ‘culture of openness, which encourages listening and discourse between our communities’
Third of children miss out on first choice of London secondary school
Schools see an increase in demand from children needing special educational needs help.
Trans woman in boarding house with teen girls discussed by MPs
The children’s minister said he ‘wouldn’t be overly happy’ with the situation
Teacher suspended for depicting Osama bin Laden as Prophet Muhammad
All Saints Academy in Bedfordshire apologises for ‘totally inappropriate’ image shown in class
Universities must ‘discourage’ relationships between staff & students
New guidance published in a bid to tackle sexual misconduct on campus
Experts urge parents to talk to children about the war in Ukraine
Children could be confused and frightened after watching the news
Students to pay back loans sooner and for longer
Tuition fees to be frozen but repayment threshold to be reduced
Clampdown on ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees in major funding overhaul
Minimum entry requirement and a cap on student numbers are proposed
Scrapping virus curbs ‘may hit nurseries’
Covid rules are being scrapped as rates of the virus in nurseries soar
School Covid absences drop to lowest level this year
There has been a 43 per cent drop in the number of children off school due to Covid in a week
Face masks to be ditched in Scotland’s schools
The change will come in on February 28 when all schools have returned from the half-term break
Fewer children off school due to Covid but record teacher absences
Record numbers of teachers and headteachers were absent at the last count, while those off due to Covid dropped
Schoolchildren taught ‘contested political ideologies’, MP claims
Mental health experts said PSHE lessons could boost the resilience and wellbeing of students but Tory MP says they are not being taught properly
Parents want teachers to provide remote classes during trips abroad
The pandemic has created new problems for schools trying to tackle absence rates, Ofsted warns
London children risk being overlooked by school ‘levelling up’ plans
School improvement in capital could be set back by plans to target schools elsewhere
Girls’ private schools could strike for the first time over pensions
Teachers at schools run by the Girls’ Day School Trust could strike over pensions
Some tutors on Covid catch-up scheme ‘not good with children’
Headteachers criticise the national tutoring programme at meeting of MPs