Michael Gove, the UK’s new education secretary, has announced arrangements to revise planning laws in order that groups of parents, teachers and charities can begin founding new academy schools.
Those interested in the scheme may register their interest with the government as of today. Gove explained that more than 750 parties had already stated their interest. [...]

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When you’re a child in school, the last thing you expect is for a Hollywood actress to be deciding on how you are taught.
Well for some children in America that thought has become a reality as Goldie Hawn has pioneered a teaching method which makes use of breathing techniques as a way of controlling [...]

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Student funding has always been a controversial issue with plenty of people suggesting that students should not be entitled to any loans while others suggest that they should be entitled to more.
Well now, a think tank called Policy Exchange wants to see change to tuition fees. Policy Exchange has said that universities in England should [...]

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Next year, there will be fewer trainee teachers in Scotland because it has been announced that 1,500 teacher training places are to be cut next year.
This move has been agreed as a way of dealing with unemployment among teachers and to make time to create jobs for those already qualified.
Trainee primary school teachers [...]

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The subject of sex education in schools has always been controversial. And now a recent study has revealed that children who are taught about sex and the risks involved are more likely to start having sex. A lot of these will not use contraception and will therefore risk pregnancies and STDs.
The study looked at [...]

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It seems as though our children’s futures could be under threat as universities announce that they have been hit hard by budget cuts.
The government announced an extra reduction in education funding at the end of last year and this has seen universities lose out on a further £135 million.
On top of this, £215 [...]

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With the increasing number of immigrants becoming citizens of the United Kingdom, our education system has introduced classes to help them develop their understanding and knowledge of what it “means” to be British. These lessons were made compulsory 7 years ago, and in that time the results from the students in the classes have improved. [...]

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It has only been 10 years or so since I sat my A levels, but my, how things have changed! In my GCSE day (oh how I hate to use that sentence!), we had to take the core subjects (English, Maths, all the Sciences) as well as History, Geography and a Technology (cookery for the [...]

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With more and more attention being focused on kids performances at school, parents are increasing feeling the pressure to provide their kids with the best start, making sure they have the knowledge and skills to be able to excel in the classroom.
Studies have showed that by reading to your child from an early age, you [...]

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Richmond Council has accepted Kunskapsskolan as sponsor of 2 schools set to become academies. Kunskapsskolan is a Swedish company already operating 30 secondary schools in Sweden. They are independently run from the state, but still state funded. Kunskapsskolan believes that one size does not fit all when it comes to education and uses an individual [...]

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