Official figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales have shown that a third of secondary school teacher training places were not filled at the start of the academic year.

Lord Sugar has been appointed enterprise tsar as part of the government’s drive to get more young people to start their own business or apprenticeship.

The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) as called on Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to hold off on the publication of any 2016 primary schools test data.

The Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into an Independent Islamic school in Luton run by the Rabia Educational Trust.

A report conducted by Cambridge University has called on the government to rethink its approach to language learning.

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has said that new harder GCSEs could be off-putting for many further educations (FE) learners.

A number of primary and secondary schools in Kent, Surry, Cambridgeshire and Scotland have been evacuated after receiving a series of anonymous bomb threats.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called on the government to address educational disadvantage in the North, claiming this should be at the heart of efforts to create a Northern Powerhouse.

The world’s largest education prize has been launched offering a total of HK$60 million, around £5 million, to fund education research and development initiatives.

The Reach academy chain is set to open a third branch that will take control of around 15 schools in the south west of England.

Michael Wilshaw, chief inspector of Ofsted, has warned that the focus on the ‘three Rs’ in primary schools has pushed other compulsory subjects such as the sciences and languages ‘to the margins of the curriculum’.

Schools Minister Nick Gibb has said he will take ‘all measures necessary’ to overturn the High Court ruling which has prompted doubts over the term-time holiday regulations.

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