It might sound obvious, but trainee teachers need lessons on body language in order to control naughty pupils, the government's behaviour tsar has ann...

Teachers who pick texts that appeal to girls, a lack of books in the home and an expectation that they should be playing outside are all turning boys ...

Pushy parents have admitted to training their children in preparation for school sports day and even encouraging them to cheat, it has emerged. A t...

Pocket money is a great way of introducing children to learn financial literacy from an early age. Giving children the opportunity to earn more money through additional chores will help children begin to understand the financial benefits that come from hard work. Furthermore, it is imperative that we also teach our children about their role as a consumer.

Schools should teach children about fatty foods as part of the national curriculum, doctors have said. Nutritional education should be a mandatory ...

Teaching looks a hard job to me and I have great respect for what they do - but I fear that some teachers would end up abandoning children who have more challenges in their lives and a second class qualification may well give them an easier way of doing that.

Ask any educationalist to identify the key problem in literacy and they'll tell soon you. Boys lag far behind girls, often by the equivalent of a year or more. Ask any teacher how to motivate boys and quickly you'll find a common theme. Boys tend to thrive on competition.

A primary school has banned football during the duration of the Euro 2012 and encouraged pupils to play chess instead to stop fights breaking out. ...

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...

A 14-year-old girl suffering from an eating disorder after being bullied at school was found hanged at home, an inquest heard on Tuesday. Public sc...

Photos of scantily clad celebrities such as Kim Kardashian sum up "almost everything that is wrong with Western society", according to a leading headm...