UK charity warns against excessive academic pressure and suggests reducing the number of high-stakes tests

Exam stress at age 15 can increase the risk of depression and self-harm into early adulthood, research suggests.

Academic pressure is known to have a detrimental impact on mood and overall wellbeing, but until now few studies had examined the long-term effects on mental health.

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School leaders welcome the “greater clarity” on how to handle the polarising issue for parents and pupils.

“We are sorry,” says operator after plan to restrict queuing access for people with autism, ADHD and anxiety sparked criticism.

DfE guidance urges teachers to respond to social transition requests ‘with caution’ and includes Cass report findings

Primary school-age children who question their gender could be allowed to use different pronouns under long-awaited government guidance to schools on the subject.

The new guidance, billed as moving away from a culture-war approach on the subject, has some changes compared with...

Report says children born today could earn 51% more over lifetime if their country’s human capital improved

Deteriorating health, education and training in many developing countries is dramatically depressing the future earnings of children born today, the World Bank says.

In a report the World Bank urges policymakers to focus on improving outcomes in three settings: homes, neighbourhoods and...

In a bid to combat the impact of screen-time creep, the Countdown word supremo has a few suggestions

Children’s vocabulary shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, says Susie Dent

Children’s vocabulary is shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, the Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent has suggested, as she urged families to read, talk and play word games to boost language...

Exclusive: Countdown lexicographer urges families to read, talk and play word games to help language development

Children’s vocabulary is shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, according to the lexicographer Susie Dent, who is urging families to read, talk and play word games to boost language development.

The Countdown star’s warning comes as the government prepares to issue advice...

After the death of Georgia Scarff, a coroner says safeguarding record-keeping should be standardised.

Policy announced in autumn budget freezes threshold at which students start repaying university loans

Protesters dressed as sharks and in Rachel Reeves face masks gathered outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday to express their anger over changes to their student loans and their ballooning debt.

The demonstration by members of the National Union of Students (NUS) characterised the...

A letter to parents from Collingwood College says a Year 8 child died in an incident on Monday.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says the government’s 10-year strategy is a “turning point” for schools.

Members of staff at Tewkesbury Academy could strike for nine more days.

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”.

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.

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.