Education

These schools were among the country's highest performers in the most recent school year

England's top 20 state secondary schools for 2024 named in new data

These apps can help prepare pupils ahead of the summer exam season

7 of Apple's top-rated free education apps for GCSEs and A Levels

The Cricketer's Schools Guide 2025 is available at https://shop.thecricketer.com/product/schools-guide-2025

Eleven Hertfordshire schools named among England’s best for cricket

Algebra, geometry and statistics will all make an appearance in GCSE-level maths

What this year's GCSE maths pupils will learn before their final exam

Better says some primary schools are reducing the number of mandatory lessons they give

Parents say swimming 'third most important school subject'

Hertfordshire County Council

SEN students attending ‘nearest’ schools could have saved £900k, councillors say

Tring Park School for the Performing Arts' students

Tring Park School reveals that 1 in 4 of its students are already working profes...

Your child's school may close if it becomes too dangerous to travel there

Official temperature and snow day rules for schools in UK cold snap

This is not the first time National Education Union members have gone of strike in recent years

Everything you need to know about upcoming sixth form college strikes

The Old Station Nursery Group

Siblings attend free at Hemel day nursery

Emma Steel is the head of Every Cherry, which creates and publishes more accessible books

Meet the woman behind ground-breaking new books for children with SEND

From stories told through symbols to books experienced with all five senses, there is something for everyone 📚

Amber Allott

Thousands of UK university graduates are purportedly owed refunds on their student loan repayments

Student Loans Company overpaid by £184m - how to check your refund

Hertfordshire County Council

Council completes more assessments for children with special education needs

Young people could miss the chance for invaluable hands-on learning if phones are completely banned from schools

'Banning phones in schools might do kids more harm than good' Amber Allott

Poppies and War Horses

Poppies on parade at Lime Walk Primary School

There have been concerns that private schools raising fees in response will edge out many families

Explainer Why private schools will be taking on the Government in legal battle

Resits take place much like standard GCSE exams

Everything you need to know about GCSE resits

These parts of England are trying to get new academies built

The parts of England getting brand new academies

The education secretary has announced the first university tuition fee rise in eight years

Explainer Everything you need to know about the university tuition fee increase

Collett School in Hemel Hempstead

Hemel school to significantly expand offering more places

Hertfordshire County Council

Hertfordshire County Council approves 'important' new autism support strategy

A girl raising her hand in a classroom

Applying for primary, junior and middle schools in 2025

Schools were using their budgets for everything from food to toothbrushes for their students

Two thirds of poorest schools buying hungry kids food out of pocket

A 2018 Parliamentary investigation found that nearly half of UK children felt concerned about telling real news from fake

How to teach your kids to spot fake news

Here's what has been announced for education in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget

Budget day: What has been announced for schools and education?

A private schooling expert says that happier children learn better

Private school approach may be the cure for absence woes - expert

Zinedine Meah (centre) is one of the students who has been awarded an assisted place at Bradford Grammar School

Mystery benefactor bankrolls student's places at elite private school

An artist's impression of how Breakspeare School may look

Plans to rebuild Breakspeare School finally get the green light

Plans to rebuild a special education needs and disabilities (SEND) school near Croxley Green have finally received the go-ahead.

Stewart Carr, Local Democracy Reporter

Current SEN spending is putting councils in a tricky position, the report says

Special education system 'failing' - could next week’s Budget fix it?

Pop up play cafe

University of Hertfordshire launches pop-up play café at The Galleria

Ruthie Jacobs, Principal

New head, new build, record results: 2024 a milestone year for Laureate Academy

Deputy Manager; Yasmin Diver, Manager; Kelly Climpson and Quality Manager; Robyn Shuck

Lime Grove Day Nursery declared ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted for fifth time

EE Home Presents: The Circus faces up to half term chaos

Lindsey Fraser

Lucy’s dreams come true in professional Bbllet

Nearly one in five school children are persistently missing school, the latest figures show

The worst offending regions in new school absence data

Homeschooling can offer more flexibility for families, an education expert says

'I'm a GCSEs tutor - here's what you should know before homeschooling'

Dozens of classic books and plays make an appearance of the dense reading lists

The books your A Level English lit student may need to read this year

More flexibility for teachers and better pay and conditions for school support staff are on the cards

What Labour's new employment rights bill means for teachers

The Adeyfield School

Former PE teacher banned after trying to send sexual images to teenage boy

Gordonstoun was one of two Scottish schools to make the list

The UK's 25 finest private senior schools, named among world's best

Pupils will complete their phonics tests one-on-one with a teacher

What Year 1 pupils are tested on in phonics check, as new results out

Tring Park School for the Performing Arts

New UK-wide performing arts course for young people in care

How did the UK's top domestic universities fare against the world?

How the UK's top 10 universities compare on the world stage

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Generosity and gratitude at Berkhamsted Pre-Prep’s Harvest Festival assembly

The free school breakfast clubs will build on support for families already available, the Department for Education says

When Labour's free school breakfasts will start - what we know so far

Free school breakfast clubs could be here before the end of the current school year for some 🍱

Amber Allott

England's top sixth forms are a mix of ultra modern schools, and those steeped in history

The 25 best state schools and sixth forms for A Levels in England

Sixth form rankings are determined from students' A Level results (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

How England's best sixth form schools and colleges are ranked

Some of the UK's best performing private schools

How much it costs to go to the UK's 10 best-performing private schools

The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership manages 21 schools, and has handed out iPads to thousands of pupils and teachers

How iPads are transforming education in schools

It is now likely GCSE maths and science students will not need to remember formulas for their exams until at least 2027 (Photo: Adobe Stock)

GCSE students to get extra Covid exam help in these key subjects

David Taylor MP with pupils from Oakleaf Primary School

Oakleaf Primary School: A new name, a new beginning

The RSE curriculum covers a wide range of topics (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

What England's pupils learn in 'sex ed' - and how it could soon change

Learning to be inquisitive

Lockers Park are inquisitive learners

Exploring Iceland

Lockers Park trip to Iceland

Some 64% of children across the country agreed with the statement 'you enjoy school or college' (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

The regions in England where children enjoy school the most and least

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