Hundreds of thousands of young people are being failed by the vocational education system, an independent report is due to say. more
The extent of the youth unemployment crisis is being severely underestimated, a think-tank has warned. more
A poor curriculum can fuel bad behaviour in the classroom, a cross-party group of MPs has warned. more
Actress Brooke Kinsella is to launch her report on tackling knife crime on Wednesday, two and a half years after her brother Ben was stabbed to death. more
State school pupils risk losing out on top jobs and university places because of a lack of opportunities to study languages, it has been suggested. more
GCSEs have "run their course" and should be scrapped, a leading headmistress has suggested. more
Students from private schools are 55 times more likely to get a place at Oxford or Cambridge University than state school students who receive free school meals, a report has claimed. more
Jamie Oliver has recruited a team of inspirational teachers including Lord Winston, David Starkey and Alastair Campbell to turn around the lives of teens who struggled with school. more
Education Secretary Michael Gove said tough new targets for raising school exam standards across the country will not return modern classes to a 1950s style of education. more
Up to 400 schools could be tagged as "underperforming" and will face being taken over if they fail to meet tough new achievement targets set out in Wednesday's Education White Paper. more
Schools are to be set tough new achievement targets and will face being taken over if they fail to meet them, a new Education White Paper is expected to say. more
Actress Brooke Kinsella has called for knife crime awareness to be part of the national curriculum. more
The head of one of England's biggest exam boards has apologised for marking errors which left hundreds of students with the wrong grades in their GCSEs and A-levels. more
Ofqual has announced an inquiry into the Assessments and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) awarding body's marking of around 600 GCSE and A-level exams, amid concerns that the papers were not properly marked. more
A teenager has earned his place in the history books after becoming the youngest qualified cricket umpire in Britain - at the age of 15. more
The school summer holiday should be shortened in a bid to improve the prospects of poorer pupils, the Government's poverty adviser said. more
Most academy schools are achieving greater rates of academic improvement than the schools they replaced, a report has found. more
Education Secretary Michael Gove has "failed the fairness test" with his academy school policy by directing more funds at schools which are already performing well at the expense of those with the greatest needs, Labour's Ed Balls said. more
GCSEs are no longer "academically challenging", a leading headmistress has said. more
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