As this year's school summer holiday fades like a distant memory, it has been revealed that politicians are to consider scrapping the long six week break altogether. The Labour MP Frank Field is to submit a review to the coalition government which calls for an end to the long break. Field says that ...
Read more ›In the run-up to the start of the university year, many students - especially freshers - will be worrying about the debt that they will accrue during their degree. Indeed, tuition fees and their effect on students' financial well-being have been at the top of the educational news agenda for some tim...
Read more ›With A-level results right around the corner, many students' minds are turning to university. More than 660,000 people applied for a university place this year, up almost 12% on last year (which was itself a record-breaker, at 592,312 applications for 373,793 places).
The surge in university applic...
Read more ›It's a tough time for thousands of Year Six pupils and their families. Last Monday was "national offer day", when local councils send out letters to around 540,000 families across the country to let them know whether they had been given a place at their preferred choice of secondary school.
Sadly, ...
Read more ›According to new research, children growing up in the poorest fifth of families in the UK are already nearly a year behind children from other families in vocabulary tests by the time they are five.
The research was published by the Sutton Trust, which aims to promote social mobility through educat...
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