Hard left factions within the National Union of Teachers are carrying out a Militant Tendency-style operation to push the union into an escalation of strike action, its former general secretary Fred Jarvis said today.

Christian assemblies in non-religious state schools should be scrapped, partly because staff are “unable or unwilling” to lead pupils in prayer, according to the National Governors’ Association (NGA).

Schools succeed or fail by the quality of leader – one went to extreme lengths when theirs fell ill

Cuts will have a 'significant and avoidable impact on a whole generation of children' says expert

Schoolchildren from white working-class homes should be entitled to the same kind of remedial language support as pupils who have English as a second language, because without extra help they are falling behind their foreign-speaking classmates, research has found.

Schools have been warned that their GCSE and A-levels could be worse than expected this summer because of reforms to the exam system.

A-levels should be scrapped and replaced with a new baccalaureate-style qualification with compulsory maths and science up to the age of 18, a report by science and education experts warns today.

Ministers point to successful reforms for improvements

Teachers in England work longer hours than the rest of the world but spend less time in the classroom than in other countries, says a major international study.

Alice-Azania Jarvis wonders how elderly sirs and misses will go down with today's kids

A 'decoupling' of AS-level exams from A-levels mean far fewer students are expected to sit the exam

A new multi-million dollar prize for maths aims to bring rock star status to pointy-headed academics, even though no one really understands what they do. About time, says Steve Connor

The diverse ethnic mix in inner-London schools could be a key reason behind the dramatic improvement in the capital’s exam results, according to a study out today.

The Conservatives would allow state-funded schools to be run for profit if they retain power at next year’s election, Labour will warn today.

The concern is that academies are going to find it harder and harder to recruit new governors