All news on the topic: Education

A headteacher used school funding to buy a car for herself to drive to France, having changed term dates to fit her holidays.

An Indonesian ‌court on Tuesday ruled that Nadiem Makarim, co-founder of tech firm Gojek and a former education minister, was guilty of some charges in a corruption case and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is currently escalating his bid to scrap the Equality Act – which prohibits discrimination against anyone – by blaming ethnic minorities for the poor educational performance of white working class boys.

Andy Burnham will set out plans for a ’No10 in the North’ in a speech outlining his vision to unleash what has been billed as the biggest shift of power away from London in modern history.

Almost £24.4bn of government money went to private equity-run firms in year to April 2025, Guardian analysis shows.

Thousands of pupils will either not be able to attend school this week or will head home earlier than usual because of full or partial school closures amid the extreme heat.

A five-year-old student at one of Scotland’s most prestigious private schools attended class with ’cocaine’ in their bag.

CCTV footage shows the man, dressed in dark clothes, approaching the house on Eastgrove Avenue, Bolton, on Wednesday evening, before pouring liquid on a cloth and setting it alight.

Staff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts that would slash about 80% of its workforce due to a funding crisis facing the organisation.

Nine universities have initiated legal action against the government in a dispute over students being asked to repay loans that were "issued in error".

More than 20,000 students have been informed they must repay university maintenance loans and grants after reportedly receiving them in error.

Labour has been urged to break a manifesto pledge to scrap youth rates of the minimum wage amid a dramatic rise in the number of young people out of work and education.

The government has stated it is making progress in addressing schools that are ‘crumbling’ due to unsafe concrete, as it announced 30,000 students are now learning in schools free from RAAC.

Toxic social media influencers like Andrew Tate are fueling misogyny and sexism in Britain’s schools, teachers have warned.

Prince William had students shouting his name from the windows during his visit to Bournemouth and Poole College today as part of a trip for his Homewards campaign.

A teacher is suing a summer camp firm after being knocked over when up to 100 children playing British Bulldog charged at her.

Imagine Kay Ewer exploited the 16-year-old boy, who has special educational needs, and manipulated the youngster into thinking he was "the one," a court was told.

Two senior teachers of special educational needs school have been banned from teaching after a panel found them guilty of ‘improper use’ of £250,000 in school funds.

Fees have been frozen at an annual level of £9,250 since the 2017/18 academic year but Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has now confirmed they will rise from April 2025.

Business students at £9,250-a-year Regent College London raised series of complaints with Office for Students

School absence fines have increased from £60 to £80 under the changes. and figures suggest this has had an impact

You might be looking forward to your children returning to school this month, but chances are your bank balance is not.

Changes to the curriculum could mean schoolchildren analyse articles in English lessons to weed out fabricated stories, learn how to identify fake news in computer classes and analyse statistics in maths.

Education secretary ‘to consider options’ including repeal of controversial powers introduced by last government