All news on the topic: Schools

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham wants students to pick GCSE subjects that will help them to get good jobs in the local economy without the need for university

Kate, Princess of Wales opened up on joining the Royal Family while talking to a group of schoolchildren on a charity visit - and took on a former Olympian at a playground game

Tory MP Flick Drummond is pushing for a legal duty on local authorities to keep a record of all youngsters being home-schooled amid fears kids are unsafe or losing out on their education

Darius Linkus and his wife Saule, from Felixstowe, were both left paralysed after a horrific moped crash while on holiday in Spain after he had headed to Ukraine providing aid as a volunteer

Police have said the morning attack that left four dead including the gunman was 'purely random'. Investigators are working frantically to find out why the 18-year-old gunman was in the neighbourhood

Mr C, a special education teacher from Philadelphia, America, has gone viral after adapting the lyrics to Taylor Swift's Shake it Off to teach his pupils their eight times tables

Matt Fiddes, 43, who has amassed a net worth of £120 million from building a global martial arts brand and was a bodyguard for Michael Jackson has told how he made his money without school qualifications

Teenager Tristan Andrade is set to receive his high school diploma alongside associate's degrees in artificial intelligence, computer science, and mathematics in Arizona, US

Teacher Penny Pearson helped pupils to sort out the shirts, ties and jumpers languishing in lost property, and soon the group were learning how to sort the recycled uniform for students in need

Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference, Katharine Birbalsingh warned her audience that they will "lose our country" if they don't stand up to "extreme leftist views" which she claims dominates the education system

Todd Bowles has graduated from Temple University with a Bachelor of Science degree aged 59, after sticking with a promise he made to his late mother back in 2009

Researchers at Imperial College have discovered higher blood caffeine levels are linked to lower body weight and a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes

A 17-year-old student has been hailed for her epic clap back to a teacher who refused to let her bring a bag to the toilet with her at school when she was on her period

Parents have reacted angrily to the decision by Queens' school, in Hertfordshire, to cancel a Year 11 leavers' assembly reportedly due to bad behaviour that has left pupils "devastated"

A former teacher has shared the one question she always liked to start parents' evening sessions off with and why you should really pay attention to the answer your child gives

Dr Joseph Dituri has been living underwater for 74 days in the Florida Keys but has no plans to stop after just breaking the record and plans to make it to 100 days underwater

The mum said it was 'harsh' of her daughter's school choir to reject kids 'based on their voice', as she claimed children should have the chance to sing regardless of talent

Lauren Hewski, a high school student also attending a nearby community college, had just received her associate's degree and was being driven home when the Jeep she was a passenger in hit a utility pole and flipped over

Some parents are now trying to organise their own private prom - but they claim that Golborne High School, in Wigan, is even trying to block their plans for that event

The tennis legend was visibly emotional as he paid tribute to the victims of the Belgrade school shooting earlier this month that killed nine people including eight children

Alicia Reid, 54, was head at the Stranraer Academy, Wigtownshire, but has now left her £90,000 role after 18 months of suspension on full pay following being pictured at Glasgow Airport while claiming to be self-isolating

The youngster was inspired by generosity that he had seen on social media and wanted to do something special for his friends as his horrified parents try to reclaim the cash

Smartphones could be banned in schools to prevent children from watching pornography - but do you agree with the proposal?

One student at Ulidia Integrated College in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, says she and her classmates feel like they were "shoved out the back door" after the school changed their plans

After headteacher Kerry Forrester wrote to her MP demanding "inappropriate" SATs tests for 10 and 11-year-old children are scrapped, more young children have been left in floods of tears