Unions representing further education lecturers are balloting their members on strike action.

With 80% of 10-year-olds unable to read for meaning, the government is prioritising literacy and numeracy among pre-school pupils as it tackles its education problems

When she noticed children hanging around with nothing to do after school in the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto in 2016, Faith Nedoboni decided to start an after-school programme. But as she helped them with their...

Checkpoints backed by education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, follow complaints from teachers of children arriving in nappies

Toilet training and the ability to use cutlery are two key checkpoints in a new list of “school-readiness” skills developed by a coalition of early-years educators and endorsed by Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary.

The group said the guidance was the first of...

Government’s lead on academic freedom cautions of significant danger to integrity if expression is restricted

Universities in England should rearrange classrooms and use the Chatham House rule to help students overcome their fears of discussing controversial topics, according to the government’s lead on free speech.

Arif Ahmed, the Office for Students’ director of freedom of speech and...

The billionaire and now Trump adviser grew up amid the collapse of white rule, attending an all-white school and then a more liberal one

With an imposing double-winged redbrick main building, and school songs lifted directly from Harrow’s songbook, Pretoria boys high school is every inch the South African mirror of the English private schools it was founded in 1901 to imitate.

Elon Musk, who...

Young people who were in school and college in 2020 on how the pandemic impacted their use of social media and their relationship with news.

International research finds the gender gap in Year 9 maths in England is wider than any other participating country.

Analysis of post-Covid performance overturns recent claims that boys are falling behind girls at school

Boys in England have opened a wide gap over girls in maths and science, based on analysis by researchers using an authoritative international assessment, overturning recent claims that boys are falling behind girls at school.

Researchers at University College London (UCL) found that boys in...

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

Predictions that adding VAT to private school fees would set off a wave of parents moving children to the state sector have been proved wrong at their first key test, according to figures from councils in England.

While critics including the former chancellor Jeremy Hunt had predicted...

Professor and former education minister says plan to cut 400 jobs has created a “climate of fear”.

Exclusive: Costs particularly acute in more rural areas, where many children with special needs have to use taxis

Councils in England are spending on average twice as much on school transport for children with special educational needs than on maintaining their road networks, a Guardian investigation has found.

Many councils have said their obligations under the wider special educational needs...

Idit Arad calls for better protection for music students as London college admits failing in its duty of care to her

It should have been the start of a great career in classical music for Idit Arad. Everything was lining up for the talented 18-year-old opera singer. She had arrived in London from Israel in 1987, the proud winner of a sought-after scholarship to train at the Guildhall School of...