There's a spring of discontent looming for teachers. But industrial action needn't harm pupils, says veteran union leader Nigel de Gruchy – in fact, it can be good for them, he tells Richard Garner.

Now that education-standards watchdog Ofsted no longer rates schools on their efforts to promote community cohesion, the Accord Coalition's Inclusive Schools Award takes on a new dimension. It can give some deserved credit to schools that have been beavering away to break down barriers – not, of course, that the award is their main reason for doing so.

Education Secretary Michael Gove’s exam reforms could discriminate against girls, teachers warned today.

Stephen Twigg: 'The word crisis is sometimes overused but I think in this context it is the right word'

Criticism follows evidence that state school and ethnic minority pupils struggle to get onto the best courses

One in seven parents has failed to get their children into their first choice of secondary school, according to official figures released today.

'For many young people, pornography now precedes sex'

Survey reveals that state school students need higher A-level results to get accepted

Delegates also declared no confidence in chief schools inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw

Michael Gove will be accused today of causing irreparable damage to children's education in a devastating personal attack by the leader of Britain's most moderate teachers' union.