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More teachers’ strikes at Tewkesbury school called ‘huge disappointment’ by its principal
Thursday 7th May 2026The action is over the poor behaviour of some pupilsRead full story...
How do I get to the Badminton Horse Trials?
Friday 1st May 2026The popular equestrian event is returning for its 78th year and is expected to draw crowds of up to 200,000...
Work to begin on new NHS dental hub at university
Monday 27th April 2026It is hoped the new dental school and treatment centre in Gloucester will address workforce shortages...
Gloucestershire music teacher denies child sex offences
Monday 20th April 2026The allegations relate to his time working at two Gloucestershire schoolsRead full story...
New 'accessible' process for grammar school entry
Thursday 16th April 2026Testing will happen before the summer holidays to help families who cannot access private tutoring...
Mental health bench 'will get people talking'
Tuesday 14th April 2026Mary Barnes is backing a campaign to install information benches in parks after her partner took his own life...
New 3G pitch hailed as 'huge' for village
Tuesday 14th April 2026The pitch at Farmor's School in Fairford will open later this year and is set to cost £1...
In pictures: Fiesta festivities and Prince William's camp visit
Sunday 5th April 2026A collection of photos from Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire in early spring...
'If you make me travel home, I'm going to divorce you'
Friday 3rd April 2026A Somerset couple’s gap year has turned into a 10-year, 100,000-mile European adventure...
Cranes return to the UK due to rewilding effort
Thursday 2nd April 2026Cranes are still on the endangered species list but there are now 87 breeding pairs in Somerset, say conservationists...
Memorabilia from record-breaking racehorse on sale
Tuesday 31st March 2026Kauto Star won the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice and the King George VI Chase at Kempton five times...
'Overtourism getting worse in Venice of the Cotswolds'
Tuesday 31st March 2026More than 200 residents respond to a survey about the impact of tourism on the area...
Cheltenham cancels final three racing fixtures
Monday 30th March 2026Cheltenham racecourse cancels the remaining three fixtures of the season to allow for improvements to drainage...
Eggs thrown at LGBTQ+ venue in 'suspected hate crime'
Friday 27th March 2026Gloucestershire Constabulary releases images of three teenagers officers want to speak to...
'No good choice' for GPs as child mental health demand 'skyrockets'
Thursday 26th March 2026GP says long waits for support mean some doctors feel forced to prescribe medication outside of guidelines...
Severn Trent says Cheltenham burst water main is 'complex' as 20-hour disruption continues
Wednesday 25th March 2026Three schools were closed today as a resultRead full story...
Severn Trent says Cheltenham burst water main is 'complex' as 20-hour outage continues
Wednesday 25th March 2026Three schools were closed today as a resultRead full story...
Schools closed and scores of homes without water amid burst pipe
Wednesday 25th March 2026Some homes have no water, while others have low pressure or discoloured water...
Schools and homes reconnected after burst water pipe
Wednesday 25th March 2026Properties in the St Marks area either had no supply or low pressure...
Campaign launched to keep children reading
Tuesday 24th March 2026A study has found children start losing interest in reading in the early years of secondary school...
Hartpury College clinch prestigious schools title at Twickenham
Monday 23rd March 2026Head coach Lewis Arnold was thrilled to see his side win the Continental Tyres Schools RFU ACE Girls finalRead full story...
Decision on 'brilliant' plans for new 200-pupil special school for Cheltenham
Monday 23rd March 2026'The fact it will cater for 200 children across both junior and senior years is brilliant'Read full story...
In Pictures: Spring equinox and US bombers
Sunday 22nd March 2026Early daffodils and blossom are spotted in Wiltshire and flood waters recede in Somerset...
Girl secures cash needed for school zebra crossing
Friday 20th March 2026Schoolgirl's two year campaign will see a crossing installed in Leckhampton by September...
Pupil 'loses track' of how many days of school missed due to strikes
Friday 20th March 2026There has been a pause in the Tewkesbury Academy strikes after a new behavioural policy was introduced, but one pupil found himself falling foul of it almost immediatelyRead full story...
National news archive
Mo Farah urges against possible £120m cut to school sports in England
Thursday 7th May 2026Athlete and sport bodies call for rethink after health and education departments each propose £60m funding cutsMo Farah and more than 70 leading UK sporting bodies have demanded the government rethink potential £120m cuts to school sports in England, after a clash between two departments over the funding...
My kids are taking their first big exams – and revealing my own anxieties about AI and long division | Emma Brockes
Thursday 7th May 2026As the traditional route of school, university and entry-level job is ever more precarious, it’s no wonder parents are feeling the strainCalled on to do long division, how would you fare? I had no illusions going in...
‘Close to zero impact’: US study casts doubt on effect of phone ban in schools
Tuesday 5th May 2026Researchers say findings are not reason to shy away from restrictions as MPs consider ban in England’s schoolsStrict bans on mobile phones in schools have “close to zero” impact on student learning and show no evidence of improvements in attendance or online bullying, a study has found...
‘Go inside, he will kill you’: Israeli militants step up West Bank school attacks
Saturday 2nd May 2026Education is being targeted across Palestine, with the murder of 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan only the latest in a spree of violenceThe Israeli reservist shot 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan in the head just outside the western gate of the Mughayyir boys’ secondary school, where he was studying in ninth grade...
Ofsted inspections pushing headteachers to ‘point of destruction’, union chief says
Friday 1st May 2026NAHT leader says schools watchdog for England does not raise standards, amid opposition to ‘Nando’s-style’ scoringSchool leaders are being pressurised “to the point of destruction”, the head of a teaching union has said, as he put the education establishment “on notice”...
I took an algorithm to court in Sweden. The algorithm won | Charlotta Kronblad
Thursday 30th April 2026Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code...
What is Ofsted and how does the new school ratings system work?
Thursday 30th April 2026The rating system changed after the death of head Ruth Perry highlighted the pressure of inspections...
University of Sussex overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claim
Wednesday 29th April 2026Ruling is blow to Office for Students after it issued record fine for allegations over professor’s trans rights viewsThe University of Sussex has overturned a £585,000 fine from England’s higher education watchdog after the high court rejected claims that the university breached free speech regulations in a case involving a former professor...
Office for Students’ University of Sussex humiliation is a symptom of deeper failings
Wednesday 29th April 2026England’s higher education regulator must rebuild trust with troubled sector after series of blunders under previous leadershipIn its brief and unhappy life, England’s Office for Students has been offered a series of challenges it has largely failed to meet...
Teaching in classes grouped by ability does not hamper progress of less able pupils, study finds
Tuesday 28th April 2026Research on maths teaching in English secondary schools upends decades of debate over mixed-ability educationTeaching pupils in classes grouped by ability improves the results of high-flyers but does not affect the progress of less able children, according to a study that upends decades of debate over mixed-ability education...
Calls for ‘student premium’ to support disadvantaged young people after GCSEs
Tuesday 28th April 2026Social mobility groups say post-16 funding gap risks young people falling out of education, work and trainingA coalition of 14 social mobility organisations is urging the government to fund a “student premium” to support disadvantaged young people post-16 and prevent them from “falling through the cracks” into joblessness...
The Guardian view on screens in schools: big tech is finally under the microscope | Editorial
Monday 27th April 2026Scrutiny of the impact of technology on children’s lives and education should be welcomedA new law banning mobile phone use in schools in England, which ministers reluctantly agreed to last week, is on one level the result of political manoeuvring by Liberal Democrat and Conservative peers – who forced their hand by threatening to derail the schools bill...
What the parties promise Welsh voters on the NHS, schools, childcare and tax
Monday 27th April 2026Labour, Plaid Cymru, Reform, the Greens, the Tories and the Lib Dems set out competing plans but offer little detail on how they would pay for themThe parties most likely to win the Senedd election next month offer radically different futures for Wales, but all six are facing criticism for not being “upfront” in their manifestos about the fiscal challenges the next Welsh government will face...
Half of England’s schools unfit due to leaks, mould and faulty toilets, poll finds
Monday 27th April 2026NAHT survey says widespread disrepair forcing closure of playgrounds and classrooms, with Send facilities also hitHalf of headteachers say parts of their school are either out of use or unfit for purpose due to leaks, damp, mould, asbestos, ageing boilers and malfunctioning fire doors, according to a new survey by the National Association of Head Teachers(NAHT)...
HSBC ‘reviewing’ private school perk for bankers in Hong Kong
Monday 27th April 2026Hundreds of senior staff in territory benefit from nearly £30,000-a-year grant per child not available to staff in group’s other hubs HSBC is reportedly reviewing a perk that covers school fees for bankers in Hong Kong as part of a big overhaul of the bank under chief executive Georges Elhedery...
I’m out of a job after issues at the schools I worked for. Is it my fault? | Annalisa Barbieri
Sunday 26th April 2026It feels as if your work and your identity are fused...
A federal program has helped Native Hawaiian medical students for 35 years. It’s now being sued for discrimination
Saturday 25th April 2026Do No Harm, a conservative group, wants the scholarship, which has helped islands’ underserved communities, declared unconstitutionalDoctors and health experts in Hawaii say a decades-old federal program meant to support Native Hawaiians through medical school and better serve some of the islands’ most underserved communities is under attack after a conservative group filed suit...
‘I’m spending my house deposit savings to pay off my postgrad student loan’
Friday 24th April 2026Lucy O’Brien was shocked when she discovered how high interest rates were leading to ballooning debtLike many of my drowning-in-debt “plan 2” student loan comrades, I didn’t think twice about diving straight into a master’s degree, bright-eyed and fresh out of my undergraduate course in 2021...
‘Apprenticeship penalty’ on benefits forces young people from poorer UK families to quit
Thursday 23rd April 2026Government advisers call for review of rules that cause loss of household income when a child takes up job training Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are abandoning valuable job training opportunities because of a little-known welfare “apprenticeship penalty” that can leave their families out of pocket by as much as £340 a week...
Schools forced to cut back on support for Send pupils in England, poll finds
Thursday 23rd April 2026More than 70% have cut down in past year on teaching assistants, who play key role in helping children with SendTwo-fifths of school leaders in England have been forced to cut back on support for children with special educational needs due to a financial crisis “more than a decade in the making”, according to a poll...
Plan for healthier school meals in England will hit services, say caterers
Thursday 23rd April 2026Trade body warns that changes are likely to drive up costs and push pupils to find somewhere to buy junk food Business live – latest updatesA government push to get schoolchildren eating more lentils, pulses and beans at lunch could have a “devastating effect”, making catering services unviable, school meal providers have warned...
I was wrong about the danger of smartphones in schools. It’s far, far worse than I thought | Lola Okolosie
Wednesday 22nd April 2026The new ban in England should be welcomed. But teachers like me know that enforcement is time-consuming – and even, sometimes, dangerousIt seems unbelievable now, but a decade ago we were debating the potential positive merits of mobile phones in schools...
Los Angeles school board votes to set limits on classroom screen time
Wednesday 22nd April 2026Measure will also limit device use during passing periods, lunch and recess and block YouTube on district devicesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe Los Angeles unified school district’s board passed a resolution on Tuesday to curb students’ classroom screen time for the upcoming school year, in the latest effort nationwide to address adverse effects from excessive device use...
Inquiry clears Bristol school of antisemitism for postponing Jewish MP’s visit
Wednesday 22nd April 2026Independent review into Bristol Brunel academy finds Damien Egan visit was postponed over safeguarding concernsAn independent inquiry into a Bristol secondary school that found itself at the centre of a media storm after postponing a visit by a local Jewish MP has found no evidence of antisemitism or influence from lobby groups...
'I can't stop using it' - under-16s have their say on possible social media ban
Wednesday 22nd April 2026Thirty three children discussed possible limits the government are considering on social media...
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