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The school run is a health time bomb, report warns, at start of Walk to School Week

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:42 GMT

Today’s generation of schoolchildren are being set on a path towards future illness by parents who insist on driving them to school, according to a new report being released today to mark Walk to School Week.

Headteachers want four-year-olds to be taught about dangers of porn

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Children as young as four should be given advice on the dangers of pornography, according to headteachers.

Nursery school leads to better exam results – but 'only for poorer pupils'

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:30:27 GMT

Children from better-off homes are unlikely to do better in exams or tests if they attend nurseries, according to an influential study published on Monday. The researchers argue that the findings raise the question of whether subsidised nursery places should be means tested.

Heads send Michael Gove to bottom of the class

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Britain's headteachers withdrew their support from Michael Gove, overwhelmingly backing a vote of no confidence in his school reforms and then heckling him as he addressed them. Mr Gove's reception by 500 headteachers at the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) conference in Birmingham was the most hostile he has received in his three years as Education Secretary.

'Not in the best interests of children': Headteachers vote no confidence in Michael Gove's reforms

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:04:25 GMT

Headteachers today passed a vote of no confidence in the Government's education policies.

Heads alarmed at rise of employer 'bullying'

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:47:49 GMT

Headteachers will be drawing up a blacklist of poor employers after complaints about the use of bully-boy tactics to get rid of heads have soared through the roof.

Oxford University's business school faces protests over visit by Rwanda president Paul Kagame

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:09:34 GMT

Oxford University's prestigious business school has been dragged into a row over plans to present the president of Rwanda with a student award for his country's economic development despite continuing controversy over his regime's human rights record.

Star academy group misspent public money on lavish expenses

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:56:10 GMT

One of the country's biggest academies chains has been censured in an official government report for endorsing extravagant expenses claims, first-class rail travel and "a culture of prestige venues" for meetings.

Headteachers look to ease stress with Ofsted alternative

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:25:14 GMT

Headteachers are to set up their own alternative school inspection service to Ofsted after claiming the watchdog is responsible for a dramatic increase in stress levels in the profession.

Children turn away from books in favour of reading electronically

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:00:52 GMT

Children are spending more time time reading on computers or other electronic devices than on books, magazines and comics for the first time, according to a study out today.

Education Secretary Michael Gove reveals radical rethink on grades in new GCSE revolution

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:19:32 GMT

Pupils will find it harder to gain a top grade GCSE pass under a radical change to the traditional ABC grading system being planned by Education Secretary Michael Gove today.

Michael Gove reveals radical rethink on grades in new GCSE revolution

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:19:32 GMT

Pupils will find it harder to gain a top grade GCSE pass under a radical change to the grading system being planned by Education Secretary Michael Gove today.

GCSE and A-Level grading this summer could be as chaotic as last year because quality of marking is still poor, leading school heads warn

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:11:37 GMT

A crisis over marking standards threatens this summer’s GCSE and A-level exams, says a leading independent school headmaster.

Academies and free schools in rush to open state-funded boarding schools

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:55:15 GMT

Long the preserve of the upper classes, a wave of cut-price boarding schools providing a state-funded education could be made available to children from less privileged backgrounds.

Private eyes to track down EU students who owe £50m in loans

Sun, 12 May 2013 08:07:00 GMT

Private investigators have been called in to track down hundreds of overseas graduates from UK universities who have gone missing owing millions of pounds in loans bankrolled by the British taxpayer.

School heads 'on brink of joining TUC'

Sun, 12 May 2013 08:07:00 GMT

Britain's biggest headteachers' union is planning to join the TUC, as its leader warns the mood of its members is "angrier" and "uglier" as a result of the Government's school reforms.

Private eyes to track down EU students who owe £50m in loans

Sun, 12 May 2013 08:07:00 GMT

Private investigators have been called in to track down hundreds of overseas graduates from UK universities who have gone missing owing millions of pounds in loans bankrolled by the British taxpayer.

Lucky autumn children 'should be docked marks to make exams fair'

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Children born in September should have to get higher marks to obtain top grades to compensate for their strong performance in tests and exams, according to an influential study.

Michael Gove attacks 'infantilisation' of school curriculum which encourages pupils to compare Nazis to Mr Men

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:08:32 GMT

Education Secretary Michael Gove protested at the “infantilisation” of the school curriculum after revealing teenagers were being asked to liken key historical figures to Disney and Mr Men characters in preparation for exams for 16-year-olds.

End 'toxic' exams and test pupils on subjects they like, says report

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:20:22 GMT

Teachers and parents of primary school children should be allowed to choose which exams their children sit, a think-tank recommends, as a way of countering the "toxic" effect of universal assessments.

Footballers' favourite writers? George Best, Paul Scholes... and Henry Kissinger

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:00:09 GMT

Sporting biographies are an obvious inspiration for footballers wanting to emulate their heroes’ success. Perhaps less expected, though, is one journeyman player’s attraction to a 624-page tome on foreign relations by the United States’ most divisive Secretary of State.

Footballers who get 'booked' to encourage children to read more and improve reading standards

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:00:09 GMT

Hove vs Gove: Education Secretary Michael Gove accused of ignoring local wishes with plans to build new free school on playing fields

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:07:14 GMT

Michael Gove, as Education Secretary, has picked his fair share of fights. From Jamie Oliver to the National Union of Teachers, the Information Commissioner to the schoolchildren of Tottenham in north London, opponents of the Secretary of State for Education have variously described him as “arrogant”, “belligerent” and a “real life villain”.

Jacqueline Wilson: 'Spelling is not something that seems to be taught at schools'

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:57:13 GMT

Tracy Beaker author Jacqueline Wilson has criticised the language skills of British schoolchildren – revealing that her young overseas fans write more eloquent English than UK kids.

Pupils report bullying to their teachers by text message

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:52:50 GMT

Children can now text their teachers to report bullying, in an initiative that makes it safer to come forward.