Young adults are unprepared for university according to a study by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) and Unite Students. Earlier in the year, Hepi found that only one third of students felt that university was good value for money, Read more…
One in six 11-year-olds failed to secure a place at their preferred secondary school this year, official figures have revealed. There were more than 560,000 applications to secondary schools in England, which is the highest figure since 2008, but 93,000 Read more…
The Treasury has decided to take back £384m that was originally set aside for English schools last year, as part of a plan to fund the required changes to turn all schools into academies. The controversial decision comes at a Read more…
The government has indicated that it plans to increase university tuition fees above £9,500 for all students, as new rankings for teaching quality are set to be introduced. Students beginning university in the autumn of 2018 will face the higher Read more…
This year’s wave of GCSE results brings with it a significant drop in results, as the proportion of students awarded A* to C grades has dropped by a record 2.1 per cent compared to last year. It now stands at Read more…
This year’s A-level results have shown a slight drop in top grades awarded to students, but a record number have won a place at university, UCAS has revealed. The pass rate remained the same as last year, at 98.1 per Read more…
Approximately 86 per cent of English schools and academies have been ranked as being good or outstanding by Ofsted, a 2 per cent rise on the same figures last August. There were fewer secondary schools with this ranking (76 per Read more…
A parent has refused to pay a fine for taking his child on holiday during term-time, which is causing debates over the law regarding term-time holidays. Jon Platt took his daughter out of school during term-time to go on a Read more…
Ten UK universities are in the Times Higher Education (THE) world reputation ranking’s top 100, but many of these have fallen down the rankings compared to one year ago. Cambridge fell two places to fourth, while Oxford also fell two Read more…
The head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has issued a warning that in some independent faith schools, teachers are being segregated based on their gender. In Rabia Boys’ and Girls’ School, in Luton, Ofsted inspectors were concerned to find that Read more…