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Parents criticise trust at heart of school strike
Friday 23rd January 2026Parents are concerned about where the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership Is spending its money...
‘There are kids not going to school’: fear of ICE is keeping children from classes in Connecticut
Friday 23rd January 2026In New Haven, where one in six residents is foreign born, children’s education suffers as they are afraid to step out“They took her, they took her, they took her...
Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’
Friday 23rd January 2026Millions of graduates are trapped by ballooning debts, as their repayments are dwarfed by the interest addedHelen Lambert borrowed £57,000 to go to university and began repaying her student loan in 2021 after starting work as an NHS nurse...
The Guardian view on toddlers and screens: more reasons to be fearful of big tech | Editorial
Thursday 22nd January 2026Growing concerns about the impact of smartphones on the youngest children must be addressedThe first UK government guidance on young children’s use of tablets, smartphones and other screens, expected in April, cannot come soon enough...
I went back to school for a day – and discovered some very unsettling facts about learning | Adrian Chiles
Thursday 22nd January 2026I thought my articles and radio shows made an impact on people...
How screen time affects toddlers: ‘We’re losing a big part of being human’
Thursday 22nd January 2026In the UK, 98% of two-year-olds watch screens on a typical day, on average for more than two hours – and almost 40% of three- to five-year-olds use social media...
One in four children in England start school without being toilet trained, say teachers
Thursday 22nd January 2026Survey finds rising numbers of reception pupils struggling with basic life skills such as eating independentlyAbout one in four children who started reception in 2025 were not toilet trained, a survey of teachers has found, prompting warnings that growing numbers of pupils are struggling with basic life skills...
‘It’s about making reading as natural as breathing’: Malorie Blackman backs the National Year of Reading
Thursday 22nd January 2026The Noughts & Crosses author is among the starry ambassadors for the campaign – one of the initiatives aimed at addressing the reading crisisLast night, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, announced a £27...
Schools to reopen after odour cleared
Wednesday 21st January 2026City of Wolverhampton Council says work was done on the school's heating and air handling systems...
‘Crunch time’ on rising costs of Send provision in England, says thinktank
Wednesday 21st January 2026IFS says system failing to deliver for those who need it and ministers face stark choices with white paper imminentThe government is facing “crunch time” over the rising costs and failures of special needs education for children in England, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies...
Teachers' strike extended by nine days
Wednesday 21st January 2026Staff at 20 West Midlands schools are currently on the picket lines in a dispute over job cut plans...
UK ministers scrap foreign students target in shift to overseas hubs strategy
Tuesday 20th January 2026Government replaces recruitment goal with plan to increase ‘education exports’ to £40bn a year by 2030Ministers are scrapping target numbers for international students in the UK and will instead focus on encouraging universities to open hubs abroad, as part of a plan to bring British education to people “on their own doorsteps”...
UK consulting on bringing in social media ban for under 16s
Tuesday 20th January 2026The government said it expected schools to be "phone-free by default" as a result of the announcement...
‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities
Tuesday 20th January 2026Fears over the future of humanities spread amid layoffs and restructurings at scores of public and private universitiesLast month, students at Montclair State University in New Jersey held a mock funeral outside the university’s college of humanities and social sciences building...
At nine, I disappeared into home schooling. No one came looking
Monday 19th January 2026Mom insisted I needed a ‘free-form education’ outside public school...
Robert Jenrick boasts that Reform is for the workers, but it’s a class war trap – and Labour shouldn’t fall for it | Polly Toynbee
Monday 19th January 2026Though Labour’s voters are more likely to be the educated middle-classes, its focus must be fighting inequality...
Teachers on supply list for years or leaving country due to job shortages
Monday 19th January 2026Scottish government figures shows that most newly qualified teachers in Scotland are no longer getting permanent jobs, especially in primary schools...
Police investigate reports of 'explicit' AI images at County Armagh school
Sunday 18th January 2026The principal told a Sunday newspaper that as soon as the school became aware of the issue it had referred the matter to the authorities...
Hundreds of children placed at risk in unregistered homes for months, MPs warn
Friday 16th January 2026A government report says 800 children were placed in illegal settings for an average of six months last year...
I didn't give up, I let go. How I came to terms with not having children
Friday 16th January 2026After a decade of trying for a baby, Caroline and her husband decided they needed to build a different future...
BP accused of ‘insidious’ influence on UK education through Science Museum links
Friday 16th January 2026Campaigners claim firm has bought sway over the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths Campaigners have accused BP of having an insidious influence over the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) in the UK through its relationship with the Science Museum...
Ofsted holds snap inspection of Bristol school criticised for cancelling MP’s visit
Thursday 15th January 2026Visit by Damien Egan, Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair, was called off after opposition from pro-Palestine groupOfsted has launched a snap inspection of Bristol Brunel academy, the secondary school criticised for cancelling a visit by a local MP who is vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel...
Ofsted does snap inspection of Bristol school criticised for cancelling MP’s visit
Thursday 15th January 2026Visit by Damien Egan, Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair, was called off after opposition from pro-Palestine group and unionOfsted has launched a snap inspection of Bristol Brunel academy, the secondary school criticised for cancelling a visit by a local MP who is vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel...
Ofsted inspects school over MP visit postponement
Thursday 15th January 2026Ofsted is concerned a school "may have been intimidated into cancelling a visit" from a Bristol MP...
Ofsted launches inspection of school criticised for cancelling MP visit
Thursday 15th January 2026Damien Egan, vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel, denied entry after opposition from pro-Palestine group and unionOfsted has launched a snap inspection of Bristol Brunel academy, the secondary school criticised for cancelling a visit by a local MP who is vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel...
Childminders 'under threat' from tax changes
Tuesday 13th January 2026Home childcare businesses have been able to claim a 10% allowance for "wear and tear"...
MP’s visit to school cancelled after opposition from pro-Palestine group
Tuesday 13th January 2026Damien Egan, a Jewish MP and vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel, had a visit with a local academy called off ‘in case his presence inflames the teachers’A planned visit by a Jewish Labour MP who is a vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel was cancelled after a campaign by a pro-Palestine group, it has emerged...
Safe spaces needed for drug-addicted children, say grieving mums
Tuesday 13th January 2026More children in England are in drug and alcohol treatment, but families say many cannot get help...
MP's school visit cancelled over pro-Palestinian protests
Tuesday 13th January 2026Damien Egan, Labour MP for Bristol North East and vice chair of Labour Friends of Israel, cancelled the appearance...
Teacher said pupil had 'sexiest body', panel finds
Monday 12th January 2026Ian Shilling worked at Newlands Girls' School in Maidenhead for eight years until 2020...
Jewish MP’s visit to school cancelled after opposition from pro-Palestine group
Monday 12th January 2026Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East, had a visit with a local academy called off ‘in case his presence inflames the teachers’A planned visit by a Jewish Labour MP to a school in his Bristol constituency was cancelled after a campaign by a pro-Palestine group, it has emerged...
High screen time limits vocabulary in toddlers, research finds
Monday 12th January 2026Children who spend the most time on devices or in front of screens find conversation and learning harder, the government says...
I loved my teaching job. But as a trans man in Texas, quitting was the only way to get my dignity back
Monday 12th January 2026After the state’s bathroom ban went into effect in December amid a slew of new anti-trans policies, I couldn’t keep trying to hide my identity at workUntil recently, I was a music teacher in north Texas...
Parents of under-fives to be offered screen time guidance
Monday 12th January 2026Children who spend the most time on devices or in front of screens find conversation and learning harder, the government says...
New campaign urges Starmer not to diminish legal rights of Send children
Monday 12th January 2026Backed by actor Sally Phillips and MPs across parties, group raises concerns about overhaul of provision in EnglandKeir Starmer is being urged not to diminish the legal rights of children with special educational needs by a new national campaign backed by the actor Sally Phillips and a cross-party group of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative MPs...
Excessive screen time could limit vocabulary of toddlers, experts warn
Sunday 11th January 2026Children aged two with highest screen use can say significantly fewer words, UK government research findsExcessive screen time could damage toddlers’ ability to speak, the UK government has warned as it prepares to issue advice to parents for the first time on how to manage screen use in under-fives...
Excessive screen time limits vocabulary of toddlers, experts warn
Sunday 11th January 2026Children aged two with highest screen use can say significantly fewer words, UK government research findsExcessive screen time is damaging toddlers’ ability to speak, the government has warned as it prepares to issue advice to parents for the first time on how to manage screen use in under-fives...
Ban social media for under-16s, top teaching union urges UK government
Sunday 11th January 2026NASUWT says evidence growing that unregulated access affects behaviour in school and harms mental healthOne of the UK’s biggest teaching unions has called on the government to ban social media for under-16s over concerns about mental health and concentration...
No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better | Lee Elliot Major
Saturday 10th January 2026Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back footA Cambridge college’s plan to target students from some of the country’s most elite private schools has struck a nerve...
Pupils left shivering during exams as PFI contract ends with school repairs unfinished
Friday 9th January 2026A BBC investigation finds building issues across city schools after a firm contracted to carry out repairs went into liquidation...
Sexual comments sees teacher banned from profession
Friday 9th January 2026A panel found Steven Battye breached professional standards at two secondary schools...
Cambridge college urged to drop ‘immoral’ private school recruitment drive
Thursday 8th January 2026Alastair Campbell joins graduates and social mobility charities in criticism of Trinity Hall’s new policyTrinity Hall graduates and leading social mobility charities have called on the University of Cambridge college to scrap its controversial efforts to actively recruit students from elite private schools, describing the new policy as damaging, offensive and a step backwards for equality...
Teachers strike at two Greater Manchester primary schools over ‘culture of violence’
Thursday 8th January 2026NASUWT members at Ravensfield and Lily Lane primary schools are staging nine-day walkout over ‘almost daily’ attacks by pupilsTeachers at two primary schools in Greater Manchester say they have been driven to strike because of “almost daily” attacks by pupils, leaving parents bewildered by the industrial action...
GCSE results will be available online this summer
Thursday 8th January 2026Year 11 students will have a digital record of their results on an app for future use...
Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment
Wednesday 7th January 2026Exclusive: Trinity Hall’s new policy described as a ‘slap in the face’ for state-educated students A Cambridge college is to target the recruitment of students from elite private schools, interrupting decades of efforts to boost access for state-educated and disadvantaged pupils, the Guardian has learned...
‘For a moment, only that story matters’: my plan to reignite the all-consuming love of books
Wednesday 7th January 2026Reading for pleasure rates are shockingly low in young people...
Schools want help in 'lonely battle' against vapes
Wednesday 7th January 2026Schools say they are spending thousands on vape detectors as pupils struggle with addiction...
The Guardian view on universities: Labour needs a clearer plan | Editorial
Tuesday 6th January 2026Ministers promised a ‘change of approach’, but their new tax could tip weaker institutions over the edgeEducation opens doors, and the expansion of higher education begun under New Labour means that millions of young people who would not previously have gone from school to university have now done so...
Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts
Tuesday 6th January 2026American Federation of Teachers sues over what it says are unconstitutional investigations into social media commentsA major Texas teachers’ union filed a federal lawsuit against the state on Tuesday challenging what it describes as unconstitutional investigations into hundreds of educators who posted comments on social media following the September killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk...
Many schools don’t think students can read full novels any more. That’s a tragedy | Margaret Sullivan
Tuesday 6th January 2026Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptopsReading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn recently that many schools no longer assign full books to high school students...
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