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Letter: Penny Vine obituary

Bronwen Holden writes: Penny Vine brought older people and primary school children together

Bronwen Holden16h ago

Retrofit schools and consider moving exams to beat extreme heat, says teaching union leader

NEU’s Daniel Kebede says earlier start times and longer summer breaks may be needed to help pupils and teachers

Matthew Taylor1d ago

Create new pre-apprenticeship scheme to close youth unemployment gap, says Milburn

Exclusive: Former minister’s review warns that dramatic action is needed over huge drop in youth apprenticeship starts

Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent2d ago

Headteachers threaten strike ballots after losing confidence in Ofsted

Unions tell government to fix ‘overbearing mess’ of inspection regime and its impact on staff wellbeing – or risk industrial action

Richard Adams Education editor2d ago

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Tell us: have you been affected by the strikes at Edinburgh, Dundee or Nottingham universities?

We would like to hear from students and staff about the impact of the strikes

Guardian community team2d ago

New Ofsted inspection regime damaging teachers, survey says

Nine in 10 school heads who responded say inspections still ‘negatively affected’ staff wellbeing

Richard Adams Education editor3d ago

A better way to inspect and evaluate schools

Letters: Gareth Jones and Richard Hooper draw on their experience as educators to offer alternatives to the Ofsted system that is not fit for purpose

3d ago

Legal rights must be retained for children with special educational needs

Letter: Campaigners and Send parents including Chris Packham and Sally Phillips urge ministers to work with families and organisations to preserve individual provision and improve accountability in the system

3d ago

Campaigners led by Chris Packham urge prime minister to rethink Send overhaul

Exclusive: Letter to government says changes will unfairly remove legal protections for children in England

Kiran Stacey Policy editor3d ago

University students say procrastination is biggest threat to their academic performance

More than half of US students surveyed said the problem damaged their ability to do academic work, study finds

Richard Adams Education editor4d ago

Family of student who took his own life say university ‘will be held to account’

Ethan Scott Brown died after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate from the University of Glasgow

Nadeem Badshah4d ago

Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts

Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamic

Richard Adams Education editor4d ago

The impossible dilemma that Black parents face

Having to choose between academic rigor and cultural inclusivity puts some families in an untenable conundrum

Saida Grundy4d ago

Senior academics set out key questions Cambridge must answer over Jason Arday’s death

Letter from more than 40 signatories says university has backed away from promised thorough review of events before death

Richard Adams Education editor5d ago

Influencer degrees may be worth liking. Mickey Mouse qualifications have value

Letters: Bill Gabbett recalls teaching media, communications and cultural studies, while Michael Fuller studied under the influence

6d ago

‘I didn’t know what to do’: collapse of providers of high-end digs leaves students in shock

Cost of living crisis and drop in international students hits market for purpose-built accommodation

Julia Kollewe5 Oct

Thousands of child-on-child sexual offences reported at schools in England and Wales

Exclusive: Average of nearly five sexual crimes a day against under-13s were reported to police between 2021 and 2025

Carmen Aguilar García, Sally Weale and Johnny McDevitt4 Oct

From unwanted touching to rape: the scale of child-on-child abuse in English and Welsh schools

Ten years after full extent of problem was revealed, Guardian investigation finds schools facing uphill battle amid rapid societal changes

Sally Weale Education correspondent4 Oct

Can teaching schoolchildren about Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade remain optional?

Mounting evidence about how slavery shaped Britain shows that teaching about its history cannot be a matter of choice

Morgan Ofori4 Oct

Gregor McLennan obituary

Other lives: Sociologist and cultural theorist at Bristol University

Bill Schwarz2 Oct

Jim McCahy obituary

Other lives: Headteacher who made inroads on truancy at Archbishop Whiteside school in Liverpool

Philip McCahy2 Oct