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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:12:49 GMT |
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Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable". |
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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:00:23 GMT |
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Education secretary Gove says there will be 16 "free schools" in England set up in the first wave after 700 expressions of interest. |
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Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:56:22 GMT |
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A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative". |
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Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:39:09 GMT |
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Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests. |
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:52:36 GMT |
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One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show. |
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:48:57 GMT |
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President Barack Obama's daughter, Malia, is now 12 years old and 5ft 9in (1.75m). But what's it like to be a young girl who's taller than the rest? |
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:13:59 GMT |
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A 15-year-old maths prodigy is set to become the youngest undergraduate at the University of Cambridge for more than two centuries. |
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:49:43 GMT |
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England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say. |
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:20:28 GMT |
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Dame Ellen MacArthur tells how sailing around the world taught her how finite the planet is. |
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:41:20 GMT |
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Figures obtained by the BBC suggest that in one in nine Scottish primary schools at least 60% of places are unfilled. |
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:15:47 GMT |
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School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey carried out in England for the School Food Trust suggests. |
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:15:20 GMT |
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Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur has set herself a new challenge - creating an educational foundation to promote sustainability. |
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:15:40 GMT |
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Sharon Shoesmith is given leave to appeal over her sacking as the head of children's services at Haringey Council after the death of Baby Peter. |
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:27:44 GMT |
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Imperial College is going to open its first branch outside the UK - a medical school in Singapore, run in partnership with a local university. |
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:42:00 GMT |
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Millions of graduates will now start paying interest on their student loans again as new interest rates come into effect. |
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:20:11 GMT |
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Girls believe they are cleverer, better behaved and try harder than boys from as early as the age of four, research suggests. |
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:57:23 GMT |
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Why do UK leaders all study for the same qualification? |
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Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:52:23 GMT |
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Nearly two-thirds of UK parents cannot afford after-school activities for their children, a Save the Children poll suggests. |
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Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:58:03 GMT |
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Nearly two-thirds of UK parents cannot afford after-school activities for their children, a poll for the Save the Children charity suggests. |
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Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:28:54 GMT |
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Half the A-levels taken by pupils at independent schools in the UK were graded A or A* this year, figures from the sector suggest. |
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Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:25:11 GMT |
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England's exams watchdog Ofqual is to compare A-levels and GCSEs with alternative qualifications, including vocational equivalents. |
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Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:59:28 GMT |
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Oxford's head of admissions tells candidates it wants the academically gifted, not 'second-rate historians' who play the flute. |
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Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:59:22 GMT |
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Is the big fall in the number of British school children studying French something to be concerned about? |
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Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:13:23 GMT |
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A scheme aimed at stopping teenagers from becoming NEETS, could soon be abolished. |
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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:46:13 GMT |
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The coalition government's Budget announced in June has hit the poorest families hardest, says an economic think tank. |
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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:02:56 GMT |
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BBC Micros help train young student programmers |
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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:41:26 GMT |
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Single sciences and Polish are up, but French and ICT are down |
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Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:58:30 GMT |
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Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland thousands of pupils are celebrating and commiserating with each other after receiving their results for their GCSE exams. |
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Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:22:33 GMT |
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Why are more pupils taking GCSEs early? |
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Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:53:45 GMT |
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Teenagers score another GCSE record with almost seven out of 10 exams awarded a C grade or above, as separate science entries rise. |
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Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:26:36 GMT |
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The latest figures show that currently more than a quarter of UK university applicants are unplaced. |
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Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:01:25 GMT |
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A couple wrongly accused of hurting their child tell their story |
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Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:24:49 GMT |
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Did the new A-level grade do what it said on the tin? |
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Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:25:12 GMT |
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Subject trends and rising grades as A-levels change |
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Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:24:15 GMT |
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One in 12 A-level entries is awarded the new A* grade, as pupils attain record results. |
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Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:34:33 GMT |
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The Charity Commission rejects an appeal by a Roman Catholic charity to allow it to discriminate against gay people seeking to adopt. |
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Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:16:02 GMT |
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The bright, young things shunning university |
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Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:26:09 GMT |
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With UK students facing a tough battle for places at home, universities in the Netherlands are promoting themselves as an alternative - and still have spaces left for this year, reports the BBC's Jonty Bloom. |
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Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:27:40 GMT |
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Some children are not being educated because local authorities are often unable to track youngsters who are not being taught, inspectors warn. |
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Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:07:02 GMT |
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More than 100 children a week are turning to the ChildLine helpline with worries about their parents' drinking or drug use, the NSPCC says. |
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Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:07:18 GMT |
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Hundreds of playground developments in England are being mothballed as the Department for Education cuts funding for them. |
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Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:08:05 GMT |
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A young mother says she was ordered off a Manchester bus because she was breastfeeding her baby. |
