Britain’s crumbling schools are the result of an investment crisis
Pupils return to home-education after the Department of Education deems 156 schools structurally unsafe.
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Education’s inequality curse
Rishi Sunak has protected the status quo in schools and universities, as the gaps of privilege and geography grow ever…
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Why “chippy” Bridget Phillipson was right about private schools
Independent research shows the shadow education secretary’s plan to remove private schools’ tax exemption will help the sector.
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Can Labour inspire hope?
The sense of fatalism across the country means that the party’s education plan is its most important initiative.
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Why adults should put their phones away
Also this week: nourishing our children and the social media con.
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The long-term impact of school closures on children is lockdown’s unspoken horror
Teachers reported children starting school while still in nappies and lacking basic language skills.
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The hidden danger of asbestos in UK schools
The carcinogenic substance is estimated to be present on the estates of as much as 81 per cent of English…
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Without maths, people are excluded from society
Better mathematics education is one the best investments we can make towards our future.
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Why reforming Ofsted isn’t as simple as it sounds
The inspection body is flawed – but we forget about the anarchy of schools before its creation and the kids…
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When teachers strike, the country stops working
Teachers act as social workers, counsellors, nurses, childminders, cooks, cleaners – and even police.
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Who is poisoning schoolgirls in Iran?
More than a thousand have been affected by what authorities say are deliberate toxic gas attacks.
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Katharine Birbalsingh doesn’t understand private schools
Elite education is not “woke” at all.
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Why nobody wants to be a teacher anymore
Teachers shouldn’t have to choose between their own wellbeing and that of their students.
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The pressure on Sunak to curb the spread of online misogyny is increasing
Labour shadow minister says it is “astonishing” that the Prime Minister is still failing to take this issue seriously.
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What right-wing advocates for social mobility get wrong
Why should Katharine Birbalsingh’s pupils need silent corridors while Winchester College gets a rifle club?
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Kids need better numeracy, but maths until 18 isn’t the answer
Two years’ extra arithmetic doesn’t make up for 12 years of bad teaching.
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Bridget Phillipson: “Childcare has to be part of a country’s economic strategy”
The shadow education secretary on what the UK can learn from Estonia, snobbery at Oxford and whether she wants to…
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The false promise of grammar schools
In his new book, A Revolution Betrayed, Peter Hitchens overstates the merits of selection in state education.
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Top private school fees exceed the UK’s median wage
Nine of the UK’s most prestigious private schools charge parents more than typical earnings of £33,000.
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Why the Daily Mail’s defence of private schools doesn’t add up
Removing charitable status from private schools won’t lose Labour money – or voters.
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