The former Tory Education minister Tim Loughton has turned his fire on his old boss Michael Gove by tabling a series of hostile parliamentary questions designed to unseat the Education Secretary’s key adviser.

Ethnic minority applicants to some of the most competitive courses at Oxford University can be up to half as likely to gain places as white students – despite having the same top A-level grades.

A headteacher and five members of teaching staff at a primary school have been suspended amid concerns over the wellbeing of pupils.

Research shows growing gap between students in the UK and those in Taiwan and Hong Kong

A controversial aide to the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, faces questions over a potential breach of the code of conduct for ministers' special advisers after he implied that a journalist required therapy.

Six of the Government’s flagship academies and a chain running three academies have been warned to pull their socks up - or face government intervention that could include a change of sponsors.

Plymouth Brethren failed in bid – but one in four contenders have religious affiliations

Thousands of the cheapest university places are not being filled following the introduction of varied fees due to potential students worrying that their cut-price status means the courses are not worth the money.

A leading headmaster has accused Nick Clegg of having “double standards” for considering sending his son to an independent school at the same time as he tries to limit the number of university places available to pupils in private education.

Despite election pledges, the front-line schools budget is not increasing in real terms

Divisions within the department 'could have come straight from an Iannucci script'

Findings come as former Schools Minister says he believes axing compulsory language lessons was a mistake

Education watchdog says sessions fail to build up strength or stamina of children

Thousands of teenagers lost a fight to have their GCSE English results re-graded yesterday after the High Court rejected a claim that exam bosses had acted unlawfully in changing the C grade boundaries between January and June sittings last summer.

Thousands of teenagers today lost a fight to have their GCSE English results upgraded as the High court rejected a claim that exam bosses had acted unlawfully in changing the C grade boundaries between January and June sittings.