Chalk Talk: One crumbling school that will finally be getting the builder's in
Thursday 31 May 2012
Some good news to report: a school whose inadequate facilities were highlighted on these pages only last month has finally got the facelift it so badly needs.
Five-year-olds now worry about body image
Wednesday 30 May 2012
More than half the British public suffers from a negative body image, an inquiry by MPs has heard.
England squad to visit Auschwitz during Euro 2012
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Members of England's Euro 2012 squad will visit the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz when they travel to Poland ahead of next month's European Championship.
Fewer than a third of senior jobs held by women
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Fewer than a third of the most senior jobs in the UK are held by women, according to new figures.
FA votes for changes to youth game that could end era of kick and rush
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Green light for scheme that aims to prioritise skill and fun and bans league tables for under-11s
Police arrest Finland gunman who killed two
Saturday 26 May 2012
An 18-year-old gunman killed two people and wounded seven others in what appeared to be a random shooting in a southern Finnish town, police said today.
Mafia most likely not to blame for bomb blast
Monday 21 May 2012
The bomb attack which killed a teenage girl and wounded 10 others in the southern Italian town of Brindisi was probably not the work of the mafia, authorities have claimed.
Prosecutors say Mafia not involved in school bomb
Monday 21 May 2012
The bomb attack that killed a teenage girl and wounded 10 others in the southern Italian town of Brindisi was probably done by an individual with no links to the Mafia, an official said yesterday.
Hundreds of thousands of 11-year-olds leaving primary school unable to swim
Thursday 17 May 2012
More than 200,000 11-year-olds quit primary school every year unable to swim, according to a report out today.
Sixth-form college sales help to ease Apollo's losses
Monday 14 May 2012
Higher education group and former FTSE 250 constituent BPP Holdings is selling off a bundle of sixth-form colleges for up to £50m.
New UK obesity centre offers surgery to teens
Sunday 13 May 2012
London hospital says treatment is necessary to fight epidemic among children
Private school dominance of top jobs is 'morally indefensible', says Gove
Thursday 10 May 2012
The scale of private school dominance of top jobs in Britain is “morally indefensible”, Education Secretary Michael Gove told a conference of independent school heads today
Number of GCSEs taken falls again
Wednesday 09 May 2012
Demand for GCSEs is falling as students continue to choose practical courses in subjects such as food safety and music.








