Education minister Michael Gove attacked a culture of low expectations which says poor children cannot be successful because of their background on Th...

A review into the increasing commercialisation and sexualisation of children in society has prompted new measures to stem the "creeping tide". The...

I love making dens. But den making isn't something I do just for my own children. Every week I go into schools and help pupils and teachers transform classrooms into war-torn towns, cavernous Egyptian pyramids and enchanted forests.

My eldest daughter Lily finishes school this week, by which I mean she will have completed her 'formal education' to age 16. From now on, it's up to ...

I went to Oxford from a state school, arguably a very nice sixth form college in Surrey, but one that didn't have a strong record of sending students to Oxford or Cambridge. Was I dissuaded from applying? Not really. Was I encouraged? Not particularly. Did this make applying hard work? Absolutely.

I'm not suggesting we offer girls different PE. I don't believe our feeble muscles and cosmetic commitments require daintier pursuits, like needlepoint or medium-impact gossiping. No. We should offer ALL kids different PE, if they want it.

Given the numbers we shall have to recruit into STEM industries in the next few years, we need many more employers to engage on a sustained basis to develop the necessary momentum and direction. Embedding the costs in to their budget and planning processes will enable their involvement to make a significant contribution to the solution of the STEM skills shortage.

Only one in four youngsters nearing the end of their time in school have been given the chance of a work placement, new research has shown. Most of...

The notion of IQ has, in recent times, seamlessly infiltrated our language becoming a synonym for intelligence more generally. However, it is worth considering that the history of IQ testing is pervaded by a darker and more sinister aspect altogether.

Schools are being forced to use the Government's flagship pupil premium to plug cuts to their budgets, headteachers are warning. More than four-fif...

The nation's sixth-formers are in the middle of what for many will be a nerve-wracking time: waiting to hear from their chosen universities; revising for exams; and planning for the many and varied experiences that the next few years will hold.

Teachers who are deemed to be under-performing should be paid less than their 'better' collegaues, under new proposals from MPs. Teachers adding th...

Almost 15,000 children have been expelled or suspended from school for sexual misconduct in the past five years - some even as young as four. The s...

The recession is already damaging the hopes of thousands of young people who are struggling to find a job. Now young people in schools could be next in line.

Well it was a stroke of genius by the sections officers to present us all with these questions, because, for the first time in a long time, we are ALL talking about international, postgraduate and mature and part-time students.

Pop star Jessie J has revealed that she was reduced to tears every day by a teacher as she pursued her dream of becoming a singer. The Voice coach ...

This Sunday, voting in the first round of the French Presidential elections takes place, yet I find Student interest in the battle for the Élysée Palace across the Channel still heavily shadowed by the race for the White House across the pond. Is this because of language, culture or the varied mix of political parties in France? Or has euro-scepticism among British students increased?

Jamie Oliver has aimed a stinging attack at Education Secretary Michael Gove's flagship academy programme, claiming the schools are lowering nutrition...

In order to enable Europe's young people to be the agents of change and the recipients of a brighter future, we, as a community, need to do more to provide students with the skills and the motivation they need to succeed.

When four-year-old Eddie Nicholls took part in a balloon race at school, he was hoping he would get a response. He did - from Education Secretary M...

Gordon Brown has condemned the international community for failing to protect the rights of children in countries ravaged by war to an education, call...