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'Soft' A-level warning for pupils

'Soft' A-level warning for pupils

The Big Question: Should children be taught in single-sex classrooms?

The Big Question: Should children be taught in single-sex classrooms?

Recession forces many to give up private schools

Recession forces many to give up private schools

Pupils sit the final 11-plus test

More than 15,000 primary seven pupils across Northern Ireland are to sit the second part of the last 11-plus exam.

English schools 'must do better'

Too many children receive services which are "patently inadequate", England's chief inspector for children's services and education says.

Failing schools turned round by 'superheads'

Failing schools turned round by 'superheads'

Rote learning poetry competition launched by BBC

A Victorian-style rote learning competition to "breathe life" into poetry teaching has been launched by the BBC.

Suspension head sees GCSEs rise

A head teacher has seen results at her secondary school in Essex improve steadily after implementing a tough stance on suspending disruptive pupils.

Public school's pupils see how other half lives

A groundbreaking project suggests privileged college students and those excluded from the state sector have more in common than expected

Parents want children to get higher education they missed

• Four in five regret not studying longer • Majority of mature students wish they had not delayed