Children’s commissioner Anne Longfield is launching a major new project aimed at tackling the educational gap between the north and south of Englan

Poorer pupils are ‘far less likely’ to go to university compared to richer peers with similar grades, according to new research.

Education Secretary Justine Greening has visited Blackpool as part of her ‘opportunity area’ tour.

Dame Louise Casey has called for British values to be included on the core curriculum on all schools following her review into social integration in Britain.

Councils in England have paid out over £10 million in compensation claims related to asbestos in schools, figures show.

Teachers are demanding that the Bright Trust academy chain relinquishes control of Whitehaven academy due to concerns over financial mismanagement.

Increasing the number of faith schools could lead to ‘increased social segregation, with a risk of lower social mobility’, according to a new report.

The National Teaching Service, which aimed to recruit good teachers to work in struggling schools, has been scrapped, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

It has been confirmed that art history a-level will not be discontinued, after a successful campaign to save the subject.

Sir Michael Wilshaw’s report praises under-11 education, but warns that more needs to be done to address the growing north/south divide at secondary level.

The country’s largest multi-academy trust, Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), has had Julian Drinkall appointed as its new chief executive.

The chairs of five Parliamentary Select Committees have written to the Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening to call for Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PHSE) and Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) to be made a statutory subject in schools.

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