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These schools were among the country's highest performers in the most recent school year

England's top 20 state secondary schools for 2024 named in new data

A poll of 2,000 parents with children aged between 10 and 20 found 85 per cent worry they will give their offspring bad financial advice

Parents worry they will give their kids bad financial advice

Algebra, geometry and statistics will all make an appearance in GCSE-level maths

What this year's GCSE maths pupils will learn before their final exam

Your child's school may close if it becomes too dangerous to travel there

Official temperature and snow day rules for schools in UK cold snap

Sheffield has woken up to snow this morning.

Watch: Snow coats roads and parks across UK as travel is disrupted

This is not the first time National Education Union members have gone of strike in recent years

Everything you need to know about upcoming sixth form college strikes

Young people could miss the chance for invaluable hands-on learning if phones are completely banned from schools

'Banning phones in schools might do kids more harm than good' Amber Allott

There have been concerns that private schools raising fees in response will edge out many families

Explainer Why private schools will be taking on the Government in legal battle

Resits take place much like standard GCSE exams

Everything you need to know about GCSE resits

These parts of England are trying to get new academies built

The parts of England getting brand new academies

Schools were using their budgets for everything from food to toothbrushes for their students

Two thirds of poorest schools buying hungry kids food out of pocket

One school had to buy new uniforms for rain-soaked pupils walking to school without proper coats 🧥

Amber Allott

The Phipps Family: Tara, Poppy, Paul and Jack.

Watch: Dad fined for term-time trip with autistic son and his daughter

Local councils, schools, and community groups are increasingly investing in repairs

Ad Feature UK playgrounds in crisis

Here's what has been announced for education in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget

Budget day: What has been announced for schools and education?

Child plays with building blocks.

Watch: Measures for families announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget

A private schooling expert says that happier children learn better

Private school approach may be the cure for absence woes - expert

Zinedine Meah (centre) is one of the students who has been awarded an assisted place at Bradford Grammar School

Mystery benefactor bankrolls student's places at elite private school

Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to give a speech at the Treasury in July 2024 (Photo: Jonathan Brady - Pool/Getty Images)

What to expect from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Autumn Budget

Current SEN spending is putting councils in a tricky position, the report says

Special education system 'failing' - could next week’s Budget fix it?

Police cordon off Ainsdale Beach as WW2 device blown up

Dramatic moment unexploded WW2 bomb is blown up on cordoned-off beach

Nearly one in five school children are persistently missing school, the latest figures show

The worst offending regions in new school absence data

Ruth Lue-Quee, education consultant from Staffordshire, who says period poverty is more widespread than people think

Secondary school teachers call for better and earlier period education

Homeschooling can offer more flexibility for families, an education expert says

'I'm a GCSEs tutor - here's what you should know before homeschooling'

Dozens of classic books and plays make an appearance of the dense reading lists

The books your A Level English lit student may need to read this year

Cutting Deep: The Knife Crime Crisis talks to one of the most hard-hitting anti-knife crime school teachers in the country, and looks at the issues facing young people and weapons.

Knife crime documentary: 'My brother was killed for revenge'

More flexibility for teachers and better pay and conditions for school support staff are on the cards

What Labour's new employment rights bill means for teachers

School classroom.

Watch: School absence fines rise details explained

Gordonstoun was one of two Scottish schools to make the list

The UK's 25 finest private senior schools, named among world's best

These elite schools are the UK’s crème de la crème 🍦

Amber Allott

The free school breakfast clubs will build on support for families already available, the Department for Education says

When Labour's free school breakfasts will start - what we know so far

England's top sixth forms are a mix of ultra modern schools, and those steeped in history

The 25 best state schools and sixth forms for A Levels in England

Sixth form rankings are determined from students' A Level results (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

How England's best sixth form schools and colleges are ranked

Some of the UK's best performing private schools

How much it costs to go to the UK's 10 best-performing private schools

The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership manages 21 schools, and has handed out iPads to thousands of pupils and teachers

How iPads are transforming education in schools

The RSE curriculum covers a wide range of topics (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

What England's pupils learn in 'sex ed' - and how it could soon change

Nearly half of the children surveyed by Vodafone admitted they have followers on social media that they aren’t friends with offline

Children are accepting follow requests from people they don't know

Some 64% of children across the country agreed with the statement 'you enjoy school or college' (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

The regions in England where children enjoy school the most and least

Secondary schools are typically ranked by their 'Progress 8' scores (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

How England's best performing secondary schools are ranked

The 300 new nurseries in primary schools are just phase one of the government's plan (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Labour's plan for creating 300 new nurseries in just one year

“Dangerous” colourful school road markings.

Watch: Parents say colourful school road markings are “dangerous”

Teach First say better pay and more flexibility might be needed to recruit more Gen Z teachers (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

Teaching charity's plan to attract Gen Z into classroom careers

The national curriculum review could shake up what young people learn in school (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

How to have your say on the new curriculum for England's schools

More than 11 thousand children were considered missing from education at some point last year (Photo: Adobe Stock)

What we know about the thousands of children not enrolled in school

Young Evie Smith meets her hero Melanie Martinez

Watch: Girl excluded from school over Cruella de Vil hair meets idol

Ofsted checks safeguarding, to make sure schools have good policies in place to protect vulnerable young people (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

How Ofsted checks safeguarding in schools

Mouse Club

Settling into school with Mouse Club

As children have returned back to school after the summer break those in reception at Heart Academies Trust primary schools in Bedford were joined by some furry friends, as part of the Mouse Club project introduced by The Harpur Trust.

Helen Hutchinson

The cost of some private schools might become prohibitive for some families if they put their fees up in response (Image: National World/Getty Images/Adobe Stock)

What adding VAT to private school fees could mean for pupils

The Ormiston Academies Trust is planning to become phone-free across the dozens of schools it runs (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

Academy trust moots phone ban - here are its schools across England

Children are being urged to look up from their phones when they cross the road, in a new safety campaign by children's newspaper First News (Photo by National World)

'Smartphone zombie' children urged to look up in road safety campaign

Data suggests most UK teens who use the internet also use generative AI tools (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

Students are using AI for schoolwork - here are the rules around this

Ofsted grades aren't the be-all and end-all of what makes a school good, but they are an accessible starting point for parents (Image: National World/Getty)

'Ofsted is wrong to drop one-word ratings for schools' Amber Allott

Dan Monk, his wife Bow, and their children Amelia and Olivia sailing on their yacht, Pancakes.

Watch: Couple took children out of school to travel to Africa on yacht

A pharmacist is warning parents to be on the lookout for headlice, worms and other illnesses now summer is over. (Photo: Pexels, Andrea Piacquadio)

The eight most common back-to-school bugs and how to spot the signs

Nicole de Pommes (left) with her daughter Grace (right). Photo: Nicole de Pommes

‘Why I've bought my daughter a ‘dumb phone’ for secondary school’

(Photos: Pexels/NerdWallet UK)

I'm a mum and finance expert - how I save on back to school supplies

Joe Wicks helps Asda to launch its new Cashpot for School initiative, which aims to make millions of pounds available to primary schools through its Rewards loyalty programme

Parents are spending up to £138 per year for their children’s schools

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