All news on the topic: Education

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was a 'mark of disrespect' for kids to miss class for no good reason and warned it harms their life chances and disrupts other children's learning

An estimated 900,000 school age children who live in poverty miss out on free school meals, according to research from the Child Poverty Action Group

Elias, 7, was 'flattened' when a digital whiteboard suddenly became detached from a wall and fell on top of him at St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School in Tamworth

Hailey Nichelle Clifton-Carmack was arrested by police on Friday after the teacher and the student had sex during school and used other students as "lookouts", according to court documents

London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals he will fund 'lifeline' universal free school meals for primary pupils for another year after a pilot in the Capital's schools

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson vowed to crack down on long term absence after the number of children repeatedly missing class shot up following the pandemic

'Children’s attendance suffers if parents cannot afford transport to school, properly fitting uniforms or learning materials, or they have unsuitable living arrangements,' writes NAHT General Secretary Paul Whiteman

Around 100 protestors were outside Yate Academy in South Gloucestershire on Monday over a 'sexualising' and 'misogynistic' dress code fallout that is causing 'undue stress'

Olly Stopforth was just 15 months old when he was found dead in bed days after being taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital with a high temperature and a pin prick rash

Post-Brexit red tape is making school exchange programmes to Europe more difficult, prompting the need for a scheme that could see British pupils able to visit Germany without a passport

Perry High School shooter Dylan Butler is believed to have been messaging other Discord users just minutes before he opened fire at the Iowa high school, telling them he was 'gearing up'

An Alaska Airlines flight was left with a gaping hole after a door blew off mid-flight due to a problem with cabin pressure. Terrified passengers have shared their experiences in the horrifying ordeal

New Year, New Job? If you're looking for a career change in 2024, or have been eyeing up a promotion for a while, make sure you're not falling for a 'generic' LinkedIn mistake many applicants make

Winter often sees a rise in common viruses like chickenpox, norovirus and flu which can keep children off school, but there are steps you can take to keep illness at bay

A results slip discovered in Sarah Ferguson's old school Hurst Lodge School showed the young would-be Duchess got an A in spoken English but failed some subjects

The disgraced priest fled to Italy where he then married a recent high school graduate

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson promised to take action to bring down the cost of buying school uniforms as a 'matter of urgency' if Labour gets into power

Timorebestia, which means terror beasts in Latin, were said to be near the top of the food chain equivalent to the modern-day 'sharks and seals' during the time they were alive

Belchertown State School in Massachusetts was home to around 700 students with mental health disorders and developmental disabilities. It was closed in 1992 after a class-action lawsuit was filed

Abbie Hughes, from Stoke-on-Trent, was left bedbound for 104 days after her wheelchair arrived months after it was supposed to - the teen suffers from cerebral palsy

A former friend of 23-year-old Alice Wood who mowed down her boyfriend with a car at a party says the killer was a highly intelligent school swot with three A-stars

It turns out even parents would struggle to sit their GCSE maths paper now, as one question is leaving adults completely baffled. It has a 100% fail rate - can you work it out?

An 18-year-old woman collapsed at SWG3 nightclub in Glasgow during a New Year's Day Teletech rave in a suspected ecstasy overdose - just months after two men, also both 18, died in August

Kate Middleton is said to be 'heartbroken' about the prospect of seeing Prince George shipped off to Eton College when he's 13 in an effort to follow in his dad Prince William's footsteps

Maisie-Jade Thornton, from Accrington, is thought to have suffered an epileptic seizure while sleeping at her mother's house the day after Boxing Day