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What does Neet stand for and why does the UK have so many?
Tuesday 28th July 2026Ministers want to tackle the high number of young people not in education, employment or training...
Schools to offer technical subjects to pupils from age 14 in England, Burnham says
Tuesday 28th July 2026The government wants pupils to take courses like AI and manufacturing which are linked to local jobs...
Can Burnham's vision for Manchester's schools really work for the rest of England?
Tuesday 28th July 2026The prime minister's plans for technical education have their roots in the Manchester Baccalaureate...
Young people ‘expected’ to engage with new work support, says McFadden
Tuesday 28th July 2026Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary echoes Andy Burnham as he announces funds to stop families in England losing benefitsUK politics live – latest updatesYoung people will be expected to engage with new support to find work, Pat McFadden has said, as he announced funds to stop families losing benefits when teenagers take up apprenticeships...
Schools to offer technical subjects to pupils from age 14, Burnham says
Tuesday 28th July 2026The government wants pupils to take courses like AI and manufacturing which are linked to local jobs...
Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs
Monday 27th July 2026PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs marketAndy Burnham will tell schools across England to adapt their curriculums to the needs of local businesses as part of a devolution drive aimed at tackling the jobs crisis for young people...
New York school district halts plan to use humanoid robot amid backlash
Monday 27th July 2026Salamanca City Central says it is pausing project with Realbotix as it addresses concerns including data privacyA New York school district has walked back plans to introduce a humanoid robot at its high school after the proposal sparked backlash from educators and community members...
Reform UK levy on employing overseas staff ‘would harm NHS and social care’
Monday 27th July 2026Exclusive: Experts say policy could also cause shortages of school teachers and drive some universities to bankruptcyReform UK’s plan to make employers pay an annual levy for overseas staff would harm the NHS and social care, cause a shortage of schoolteachers, and could push some universities into bankruptcy, experts have warned...
White paint, trees or air con? What parents and teachers can do to cool UK’s overheating schools
Monday 27th July 2026While longer-term action is needed, there are steps that can be taken during the holidays to help keep children safeThis summer, repeated heatwaves drove classroom temperatures to unbearable levels, leaving pupils and teachers scrambling to cope and forcing thousands of schools to close...
Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class?
Sunday 26th July 2026PM’s team can be seen as backward step even though in some ways it is more diverse...
The ‘cockroaches’ marching on India’s government – podcast
Friday 24th July 2026South Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen on the Cockroach movement – and the students driving India’s biggest protests in years‘I’ve never seen this many young people out on the streets,’ says Hannah Ellis-Petersen...
The Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres | Editorial
Monday 20th July 2026Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed “I ask nothing more from you than to do what you have been doing...
‘Without this it’s all just tourists’: the fight to save Soho’s last primary school
Saturday 18th July 2026Falling pupil numbers have left ‘unique’ London school facing an uncertain future, but its supporters have ambitious plansSandwiched between a strip club, a West End theatre and a pub might not be the most obvious location for a school but Soho Parish C of E primary has thrived for decades among the colourful charms of inner London...
I took a month of unpaid leave to look after my daughter for the summer holiday - here's why
Friday 17th July 2026Like many parents, Natalie and her husband had to combine organised childcare and annual leave to cope with the six-week break...
The school holidays are here – let’s play ‘arguing over screen time’: the Stephen Collins cartoon
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Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England
Thursday 16th July 2026Analysis reveals stark socioeconomic divide, with schools with highest free school meal eligibility having fewer treesPrivate school grounds in England offer 41% more tree cover than at state schools for cooling and shade in extreme temperatures, research has found...
National Year of Reading should extend to a decade, inquiry says
Thursday 16th July 2026The education committee also proposed a National Reading Guarantee, ensuring all children have frequent opportunities to enjoy readingThe National Year of Reading should be extended to a National Decade of Reading, an education committee inquiry into reading for pleasure has concluded...
Pilot scheme in England to convert empty classrooms into community hubs
Tuesday 14th July 2026Policy to create youth clubs and health centres aims to tackle surplus of school spaces created by falling pupil numbersClassrooms left empty by falling numbers of pupils could soon be converted into youth clubs or health centres, as part of a pilot scheme to be announced this week...
Free school meal pupils falling further behind their peers, report warns
Tuesday 14th July 2026The Education Policy Institute says the new prime minister should target the issue with "laser-like focus"...
Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities
Tuesday 14th July 2026Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one yearThousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned...
‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms
Saturday 11th July 2026Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstrokeThe extreme heat that has hit the UK twice in the past few weeks has left teachers struggling to cope as temperatures in some classrooms climb above 40C, with pupils and staff suffering from heatstroke, nausea and headaches...
Safe from AI: which jobs will help you thrive in the future?
Saturday 11th July 2026Experts say there will still be opportunities ahead in everything from teaching to hotels and the lawEntering the world of work often brings some uncertainty, but now there is another question: how can I AI-proof my career?We asked people from across various industries what they think the impact of AI will be on careers, and which jobs may be less affected...
Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals
Friday 10th July 2026Unesco report shows children lost out to servicing debt in 113 countries, with 18 spending five times more on loansMost developing countries spent less on education than they did repaying debt last year, according to the UN, at the same time as global aid to education is predicted to decline by up to 30%...
School suspensions fall in England for the first time since Covid
Thursday 9th July 2026The government says the pandemic left a "pernicious legacy", but that teachers are helping pupils turn a corner...
Physical Education review – boisterous, cliche-busting lesson on teen masculinity
Wednesday 8th July 2026Swansea Grand theatreSchool locker room banter has a sinister edge in Jonathan Houlston’s shrewd debut, which pairs the toxic tropes of Adolescence with the group dynamics of Laura Wade’s PoshIn Jonathan Houlston’s strikingly astute and utterly gripping debut play, a school’s locker room is a retreat for its pupils...
Student loan promotion in England and Wales amounted to mis-selling, MPs say
Tuesday 7th July 2026Treasury select committee also says ministers have moral obligation to reverse last year’s repayment threshold freezeSlideshows that compared student loan repayments with the cost of a mobile phone contract, and YouTube videos that did not mention the fact that loan terms could change amounted to mis-selling by the government, MPs have said...
More than 300,000 pupils estimated absent after England World Cup win
Monday 6th July 2026Exclusive: Initial figures are yet to be confirmed by DfE, which said schools were ‘at the heart’ of the celebrationAbout 332,000 fewer children were in school on Monday morning than a week earlier, according to initial figures, as attendance fell after England’s 3-2 World Cup win over Mexico...
Cutting language courses puts social mobility at risk, say UK experts
Sunday 5th July 2026Exclusive: University moves and falling exam entries fuel concerns about opportunities for working-class pupilsCutting language courses at universities and schools risks undermining social mobility and vocational skills, former education secretaries and experts in the UK have warned...
Ofsted drops ‘clumsy’ and ‘offensive’ guidance linking autism and extremism
Sunday 5th July 2026Training document used to teach inspectors updated after campaign by celebrities including Chris PackhamOfsted, the body responsible for safeguarding in education in England, has dropped guidance for inspectors that linked autism and extremism after an outcry from celebrity campaigners...
Third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave primary school without being able to read properly
Saturday 4th July 2026Exclusive: Analysis finds lower reading fluency than children from other ethnic backgrounds and richer peersA third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave their primary school unable to read well enough to access the secondary curriculum, leading to disengagement and school absence, according to new research...
More cows than pupils - what is behind mass school closures in rural Kenya?
Saturday 4th July 2026More than 2,000 primary schools are facing closure as enrolment numbers plummet...
The schools starting late after 01:00 England game to 'reduce pressure' for parents
Saturday 4th July 2026Some schools are opting to open late, arguing they are striking the right balance, and many parents have backed it...
The schools starting late after 01:00 England kick-off to 'reduce pressure' on parents
Saturday 4th July 2026Some schools are opting to open late, arguing they are striking the right balance, and many parents have backed the decision...
Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years
Saturday 4th July 2026The programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cutsA leading higher education programme, aimed at keeping 1 million girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has been axed by the British government just two years after it was announced...
Exam board sorry for delay to Sats results in England
Thursday 2nd July 2026One school leaders' union says it now wants "cast-iron assurances" the final results will be accurate...
Ministers call for better tracking of teenagers at risk of dropping out of work or training in England
Thursday 2nd July 2026Councils and schools urged to do more as figures show there is no information on whereabouts of 32,100 ‘Neets’The government has urged councils and schools in England to drastically improve the way they identify young people at risk of dropping out of training and work, as it admitted thousands are unaccounted for...
Starmer vetoes Tuchel’s call to bunk off school after England’s 1am Mexico game
Thursday 2nd July 2026Education minister Jacqui Smith suggests ‘disco nap’ on Sunday so everyone is fresh as a daisy on MondayWorld Cup live – latest updatesKeir Starmer wants children up and ready for school on Monday morning regardless of the England game being played at 1am UK time...
Why are Russians posting horse videos on social media?
Thursday 2nd July 2026A new meme is spreading on Russian social media in response to nationwide fuel shortages...
Teachers in England get two-year 6.6% pay rise but schools to foot part of bill
Wednesday 1st July 2026Unions pleased with rise above forecast inflation but concerned nearly a third of it will come from school budgetsUK politics live – latest updatesTeachers in England will receive a 3...
Teachers in England to get 3.5% pay rise
Wednesday 1st July 2026Schools will need to fund some of the rise, which unions say will further stretch existing budgets...
Academy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salaries
Wednesday 1st July 2026Nearly 100 academy chief executives earn more than £200,000 a year, and at least one more than £500,000The era of academy school leaders in England receiving “banker-style salaries” and hefty annual increases may soon be over, with the government to introduce limits on executive pay...
School smartphone bans seen as ‘punitive’ by young people, study says
Tuesday 30th June 2026Outright bans may have unintended negative consequences for young people, University College London report warnsSchool smartphone bans are “overly simplistic” and are not supported by young people who regard them as “punitive” rather than helpful, according to research by University College London...
Pupil put in isolation booth for more than half a school year, BBC learns
Tuesday 30th June 2026The pupil's experience in a Yorkshire school highlights concerns about zero-tolerance behaviour policies...
Where have all the first jobs gone? – podcast
Tuesday 30th June 2026The number of young people in the UK not in work, education or training is spiralling...
High-performing schools in England should be encouraged to admit more white working-class pupils
Monday 29th June 2026Report says once-in-a-generation changes needed to tackle why such children are lowest-performing large demographicHigh-performing primary and secondary schools in England should be encouraged to admit more disadvantaged pupils from white working-class backgrounds to help reverse a continuing crisis in underachievement, an independent inquiry has said...
White working-class children failed by England’s school system, inquiry finds
Monday 29th June 2026Report says once-in-a-generation changes needed to tackle why such children are lowest-performing large demographicUK politics live – latest updatesThe education system is “not set up to serve white working-class children and families”, an independent inquiry has concluded...
White working-class children failed by education system, says inquiry
Monday 29th June 2026The inquiry spoke to thousands of young people and their parents, as well as hundreds of teachers...
The Guardian view on universities: public confidence in degrees is wavering – ministers should shore it up | Editorial
Sunday 28th June 2026Unfair changes to student loans and concerns about job prospects must be weighed against the life-changing potential of educationIs going to university financially worthwhile? New research on graduate incomes is unlikely to help the beleaguered sector’s reputation...
Children embrace Cornish language as it enjoys ‘remarkable resurgence’
Saturday 27th June 2026Go Cornish Celebration engages younger generation as council finalises strategy to boost everyday use of Kernewek Seven-year-old Albie, a pupil at Trewirgie infants’ school in Redruth, did not hesitate when asked why he liked learning Kernewek, the Cornish language...
Dave Eggers: ‘Once you have a machine think and write for you, you’re cooked as a species’
Saturday 27th June 2026As his new novel is published, the US author talks about nurturing the next generation of creatives, debating Sam Altman – and why he writes on a boat in San Francisco BayAt Dave Eggers’s suggestion, we’re starting the interview by life drawing together...
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