A school governor has quit his role over the decision to show a controversial sex education video to children as young as FIVE. The Living and Grow...

Homophobic bullying is still common in many schools and often goes unchallenged by teachers, a major report has found. More than half of lesbian, g...

More than two fifths of teachers believe children are turned off reading for pleasure by the time they finish primary school, a survey has found. I...

Schools minister Nick Gibb was horrified to learn children at one of the UK's most dilapidated schools are forced to shelter under umbrellas during le...

'Strikes benefit no-one' said Nick Gibb, the education minister, referring to today's public sector strike. He is wrong. Traditionally when strikes occurred, they made a point.

Rising numbers of pupils are skipping school without permission, official figures showed today. Statistics published by the Department for Educatio...

The Department for Education is to increase the difficulty of teacher training literacy and numeracy tests in an attempt to ensure the highest quality...

A positive wellbeing agenda within schools is not only good for pupil's health it is good for having content and happy pupils engaged in the curriculum. Sadly OFSTED no longer inspect for a pupil's wellbeing, instead focusing almost solely on academic performance.

One in seven pupils in England missed out on their first choice of secondary school this year, official figures show. The announcement follows pred...

Teachers should not spend unpaid overtime completing unnecessary paperwork, Schools Minister Nick Gibb announced on Monday, after an MP compared them ...

A school has introduced a new way of getting truanting pupils to class - picking them up in the school bus. Harris Academy Merton, in Surrey, has ...

Children should "always have a book on the go", schools minister Nick Gibb announced as he launched plans for a new national reading competition. Y...

Thousands of teenagers are being let down by under-performing schools, despite tough government targets introduced to raise standards, new league tabl...

Weak secondary schools that try to play the system or fail to push bright children will be exposed when previously undisclosed information is made pub...

Nick Gibb was forced to defend his government's academy plans after one headteacher's attack on the proposals was applauded by an audience of heads, t...

More than 200 school teachers have been thrown out of the profession in the past decade, official figures have revealed. Since 2001, 228 have been ...

The Government has vowed to tackle "chronic" under-performance in primary education as official figures showed that more than 1,000 schools are failin...

Schoolchildren will no longer be able to take their GCSEs in separate modules to stop the culture of resits, the exams watchdog has confirmed. Pupi...

The first round of successful bids to the Government's new £2 million scholarship scheme for teachers has been announced by ministers. The Nationa...

Outstanding staff who exceed performance standards could be crowned 'Master Teachers' if plans to overhaul the current reward system are approved. ...

A headteaching qualification which is currently required to take charge of state schools in England will no longer be compulsory, the Government says....

A child's chances of attending a weaker school may depend on where they live, according to research. A study has found that the likelihood of atten...

Primary school pupils could be banned from using calculators until they have learned basic sums, ministers have said. The move comes amid concerns ...