Education

Language teaching is in crisis. Only 7,000 pupils took A-level French this year, a tenth of the number that took psychology. At GCSE too numbers have been...

When Bodhana Sivanandan plays chess she has to sit on a booster seat. At nine, she is about to become the youngest person ever to represent England...

The four-letter word most liberally used by reality TV show contestants and teenage girls — to the intense irritation of their parents — is not an expletive...

Children who attend academically selective schools do no better in early adult life than those who go to comprehensives, according to a report. Findings...

An Oxford University student has died after he jumped into the Thames to celebrate the end of his exams. The first-year student, 19, who has not been named,...

A multimillionaire Tory donor and the backer of dozens of academies is switching his support to Labour because he believes they will be better for education....

Parental complaints are overwhelming schools by taking up vast amounts of time and resources as head teachers tackle hostile and vexatious grievances. Some...

Parents of children at state and independent schools in Cheltenham, home to some of England’s most prestigious private schools, are wary of Labour’s pledge to...

A Conservative students’ group has apologised for holding a black-tie dinner a fortnight ago in which members sang a German marching song used by the Nazis...

School trips are unaffordable for nearly a third of families, and grandparents and even children are having to contribute, according to a poll. Increased...