One of the most detrimental periods in a child's life is the summer holiday. It is soon to be an issue that will impact many children in Britain, as schools will soon break up for summer; and learning will slip a dramatically. The summer learning loss is one that currently has negative consequences in later life, and must be dealt with immediately.

Isn't it strange that the people we currently despise so much live the life of affluence that we all want for our children? They embody the character traits we wish to instil in our own flesh and blood, and they are the very same 'winners' that we all wish our children to be.

More than four-fifths of would-be Oxford students are being asked to sit extra aptitude tests to win a place at the prestigious university, and the nu...

Gordon Brown has taken up a role with the UN as the body's special envoy for global education, he said in a statement on Friday evening. The former...

Identical twins have graduated with the same degree after scoring the same marks - and now they are both starting their careers at the same firm. H...

David Cameron has insisted that the Government's free schools programme is a "great success". Many of the new schools are "massively oversubscribed...

More than 100 new free schools have been approved to open in England over the coming years, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday. The a...

"Human nature is not like a machine that is built like a model and set to the do the work exactly proscribed for it, but, should be seen as a tree that uniquely grows depending on the diverse and inward forces that make it a living thing".

When students return to the University of East Anglia this September, they'll discover that their campus Islamic centre has completely disappeared in their absence. The university's decision to permanently close and demolish its Islamic centre comes just eight months after the closure of its music school.

With the news that Oxford University has received an enormous eight-figure donation to pioneer scholarships for poorer students, the inevitable questi...

If you flick through the names in your mobile phone address book, the chances are you'll come across someone who is currently unemployed. Around 8% of the working population - 2.63 million people - were out of work in the first quarter of this year.

Dozens of GCSE and A-level grades had to be changed after marking errors left candidates with the wrong results, an exam board has admitted. Around...

The brightest minds are now asking not how their studies might enlighten them, or how the accumulation of knowledge might benefit humanity; but instead they are asking how it will help them find a job, or how it will aid them in paying off their swelling debts.

Would Maths be better if it was taught by a sergeant major? According to Labour, it would both be more memorable and help develop a better work et...

In just a few weeks time, a mix of excitement and perhaps a little anxiety will be palpable in homes across the country as GCSE and A Level results envelopes begin landing on doormats and families find out how their children have done in their exams.

Of late I have become fascinated with two of the main players in UK education. The Secretary of State for Education, the Right Honourable Michael Gove and the Chief Inspector of Schools, and Head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw - from what I can tell he is the only person in the UK to have been knighted without winning a major sporting trophy.

Girl Guides in Australia will no longer swear to allegiance to God and the Queen, in a historic change intended to ensure the organisation "remains re...

England is neglecting its brightest children, leaving them lagging far behind youngsters overseas, new research suggests. It reveals that the natio...

Ministers have ordered a review of school dinners amid concerns that some children are still being given unhealthy food. Around four-fifths of scho...

At a time when an entire generation faces higher tuition fees coupled with lower job prospects and top universities are admitting fewer state school students, education already has a price. Add private tuition into the equation and we have a system that further enables wealthier people to punch above their weight.

Children in schools in England and Wales could be taught about same-sex marriage should proposals to allow gay people to wed go ahead, according to in...