First 16 ‘free schools’ revealed
The first 16 ‘free schools’ to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove.
Former head jailed for sex abuse
A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.
Student migration ‘unsustainable’
The number of foreign students let into the UK is “unsustainable”, minister Damian Green says in his first major speech on immigration.
Gove defends free school numbers
Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are “laughable”.
Tory defects over schools scheme
A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government’s schools building programme, saying she was “ashamed to be a Conservative”.
Men in short supply in primaries
One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.
Music tuition falling, poll says
Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents’ generation, a survey suggests.
School lottery ‘failed in aim’
England’s first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.
Prodigy makes Cambridge history
A 15-year-old maths prodigy is set to become the youngest undergraduate at the University of Cambridge for more than two centuries.
School meals ‘help fussy eaters’
School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey carried out in England for the School Food Trust suggests.