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Children in care 'should get right to sue failing councils'

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Children in care should be able to sue their local council if it fails to provide them with a decent upbringing and education, a think-tank chaired by the former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith will argue today.

Teachers prepare for autumn of discontent

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Britain's biggest teachers' union is gearing for an autumn of discontent in schools by planning a further national strike over pay later this term.

Handwriting standards blamed as pupils ask for exam 'scribes'

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Thousands of teenagers need "scribes" to help them write their A-level and GCSE papers because they are incapable of answering questions in longhand themselves, a study has revealed.

Cambridge lecturer sentenced for child porn

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:25:16 GMT

A Cambridge University academic was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence today after detectives found more than 1,000 indecent images of children on his computers.

White students 'avoid maths and science'

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Thousands of high-flying white youngsters are giving up maths and science at 16 because they think they are not clever enough to succeed atA-Level, according to a report published today.

Cambridge takes on more state pupils

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Cambridge University has admitted 200 more state school pupils this autumn than last year, new figures show.

One-to-one lessons plan for failing pupils

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:03:59 GMT

Thousands of primary school children struggling with literacy and numeracy skills are to receive one-to-one catch-up lessons, ministers announced today.

State secondaries urged to bring back the house system

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

The days of the "house" system – a cornerstone of Britain's independent schools – is making a comeback in the state sector.

GCSEs are mindless and boring, says headteacher

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Political meddling has undermined the credibility of A-levels and GCSEs, the headmaster of a leading independent school said yesterday.

Faith school discrimination 'will fragment education'

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Britain's education system will become increasingly fragmented if faith schools use new powers to discriminate on religious grounds when hiring headteachers and support staff, campaigners warn today.

Dozens more GCSE courses approved

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:39:55 GMT

More than 180 GCSEs have been approved by England's new exams regulator for teaching from next year, it was announced today.

Edexcel exam board to help re-mark school SATs papers

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

One of Britain's biggest exam boards, Edexcel, has been called in to help re-mark this year's national curriculum tests after record requests from schools. Teachers have asked for more than 40,000 reviews of pupils' scripts from the tests for 11- and 14-year-olds.

Number of 'inadequate' childminders doubles in a year, say inspectors

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

The number of childminders ranked as "inadequate" has doubled in the past year, a report by inspectors reveals today.

Top marks for Eugenie as her exam results break all royal records

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Mortar boards off to Princess Eugenie, officially the cleverest member of the royal family since records began. The Princess collected her A-level results from £23,000-a-year Marlborough College last week, receiving two As and a B in art, English literature and history of art.

Grammar beats private schools at A-level

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

A state school has recorded the best A-level results in the country, beating hundreds of prestigious private schools which charge fees of up to £27,000 a year.

More schools threatened with closure

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

More secondary schools across England could be under threat after the Government said it would expand its hit list of underperforming schools despite a record year for overall GCSE results yesterday.

Boy dies in fall the day before collecting grades

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

A 16-year-old boy fell to his death from a block of flats in east London the day before he was due to collect his GCSE results. Police are investigating reports that Ahmed Benyermak was being chased by a gang of masked youths when he fell from the seventh floor of the 13-storey building in Hackney.

GCSE pass rate rises to 98 per cent as pupils put quality before quantity

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Choosy teenagers recorded the biggest rise in top grade GCSE passes for almost two decades yesterday – partly by taking fewer exams, in subjects they were best at.

Business blamed for slump in foreign language entries

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Exam boards are blaming British businesses for a further slump in the take-up of modern foreign languages at GCSE.

Teenagers notch up record GCSE results

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:42:56 GMT

Britain's teenagers notched up record GCSE results today, with one in five exams awarded top grades.

Trio of boy twins secure 48 top-grade GCSEs

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:15:35 GMT

Three sets of boy twins from the same school were celebrating today after amassing an impressive set of A-grade GCSE passes.

GCSE results reveal 'two-tier' schools

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Labour is presiding over a return by stealth to the era of grammar and secondary modern schools, a study suggests today. Schools – including many of the Government's flagship academies – are switching from academic GCSE subjects to boost their rankings in league tables, according to the independent think-tank Civitas.

Grades slashed to fill science courses

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Some of Britain's most prestigious universities have been forced to slash A-level requirements for science degrees by up to four grades as they struggle to fill unpopular courses.

Private schools boycott 'meaningless' league tables

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Leading independent schools are boycotting A-level and GCSE examination league tables this year, claiming that they have become increasingly "meaningless".

GCSEs results reveal 'two-tier' schools

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT