UK Education
Schools, universities and education policy news. Updates on exams, admissions and teaching developments across the UK.
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Oxford professor forced to cancel lectures after threats from trans activists
Dr Michael Foran, an associate professor of law at Keble College, Oxford, has cancelled the remaining lectures in a four-part…
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Labour’s scepticism over SEND schools threatens loss of specialist places, says John Harris
Springfields Academy, an autism specialist school in the Wiltshire milltown of Calne, has achieved an extraordinary milestone: for the past…
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Pupils, teachers and parents at London school have days without screens
Pupils at a London primary school have successfully banned teachers from using smartphones – along with laptops, tablets and monitors…
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Leeds City College to expand with new site for over 1,500 students
Leeds City College will gain 1,500 new student places after its parent organisation, Luminate Education Group, completed the acquisition of…
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State school teacher numbers in England fall for second consecutive year
The number of teachers working in England’s state schools has fallen for the second consecutive year, according to the annual…
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Petition over excessive difficulty of A-level maths exam signed by 19,000 students
More than 19,000 pupils have signed a petition branding Pearson Edexcel’s A-level maths paper a “war crime”, after a torrent…
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UK students and graduates asked to weigh in on university attendance
The proportion of people who believe a university degree is not worth the time and money has nearly tripled since…
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Conservatives urge ban on using schools for indoctrination of migrants
The Conservatives have accused Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson of allowing “highly politicised messaging” to be pushed in classrooms, after a…
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Debt-laden graduates being used to fund older people’s lifestyles, MPs told
Graduates saddled with ballooning student loan debts feel they are being unfairly used as “cash cows” to fund the state…
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One in three UK adults now doubts degree’s value for time and money, poll finds
Public belief that a university education is not worth the time and money has nearly tripled in two decades, according…
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