As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice

“Now, Gary, repeat after me: Quiero una margarita, por favor,” my Spanish tutor instructs. I cringe at the butchered Spanglish my estuary accent produces. Like Del Boy Trotter ordering a cocktail: “Key – yeah – row oon margari’a, pour far four.”

It’s 2023, I’m 41, living in...

Deb Hadden runs drop-off sessions, where children can play and learn with each other.

The government says schools needing “intensive support” will receive “one-to-one sessions”.

Other countries benefit from the Trump brain drain as administration wages war on academia and research

Wali Malik no longer has to worry that a rightwing bureaucrat – or influencer – will decide his research is “woke”.

He doesn’t have to fear government retaliation for speaking his mind or following the science wherever it may lead. And like others who have left a polarized United States for...

Relationships often change after children. Here are ways to help get your partnership back on track.

It comes days after the Local Government Association warned that eight in 10 English councils would face bankruptcy, if they had to honour deficits.

Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority

Reform-led Worcestershire county council is likely to issue England’s largest council tax rise this April after it was given special permission by the government to increase it by up to 9%.

Worcestershire is one of a handful of authorities whose requests to be allowed to increase local rates above...

Thousands walk out after talks with district failed to reach agreement on wages, healthcare and resources for students with special needs

About 6,000 public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike on Monday, the first public schoolteachers strike in the city in nearly 50 years.

The strike comes after teachers and the district failed to reach an agreement over higher wages, health...

A disciplinary panel hears how the teacher reacted after having liquid sprayed in his face.

Former head teacher Michelle Stone was attacked by a student at a Hampshire special school.

More than a quarter of students at The London Academy of Excellence are offered places at Oxford and Cambridge universities.

Ministers say UK universities have become a “prime target for foreign states and hostile actors”.

Campaigners have criticised the terms of loans that were issued in England and still exist in Wales.

Teachers, Ofsted and unions will study how new report cards affect school leaders’ wellbeing.

A cross-party group calls on the government to “align funding to need”, as ministers consider SEND reforms.

The government is due to publish plans to reform the special educational needs system in early 2026.

Operator Merlin Entertainments said the pass was no longer working as intended because of increasing demand.

Surrey County Council puts forward proposals to reduce the speed limit near schools.

The Scottish Charity Regulator said Fernhill School in Rutherglen had not submitted accounts for years.

The move comes just weeks after peers supported legislation to ban under-16s in the UK from social media.

The Department of Education plans will be presented to MLAs for approval.