Australia could use a range of technologies to implement its social media ban for under-16s but all have risks or shortcomings, a report has found. The government says its ban, which comes into effect in December, is designed to limit the harmful impacts of social media. The policy has been …

Jonny Baker Dave Baker founded a trust that now educates 6,500 pupils Tributes have poured in for the “remarkable” leader of a multi-academy trust who died suddenly of a heart attack aged 61. Dave Baker founded the Olympus Academy Trust in 2012, which is now responsible for educating more than …

A primary school which had to be evacuated during a serious fire last month said it would open as planned for the new term. Emergency services were called to Ormiston Cliff Park Primary Academy in Gorleston, Norfolk, where flames and black smoke were billowing from the building. No one was …

Hayley Clarke Education reporter PA Girls are more likely to pass their GCSEs than boys. This year, like every year, that remained the case – with 70.5% of girls’ grades across England, Wales and Northern Ireland at 4/C or above, compared to 64.3% of boys’. But this year the girls’ …

Daisy Stephens & Allen Sinclair BBC News, Berkshire BBC Mahnoor Cheema is now off to Oxford to study medicine A teenager who passed 23 A-Levels has said she did not find it stressful “at all”. Mahnoor Cheema, from Slough, Berkshire, said she had done less studying than the average student …

The Data Journalism Team BBC Verify PA More than 600,000 teenagers have been opening GCSE and other Level 2 results on Thursday. Most have just finished Year 11, marking the end of a secondary school journey that began in Covid “bubbles” back in 2020. But a growing proportion of those …

Chris McHugh BBC News, Oxfordshire BBC A teaching union said the school’s former staff had been left in a “desperate” situation A parent of two children who attended a private school that announced its closure last week has said its leadership team has “dropped off the face of the earth”. …

Getty Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive GCSE, BTec Tech Awards and other Level 2 results on Thursday. The GCSE pass rate is expected to be broadly similar to 2024, after years of flux during the Covid pandemic. Last year, it fell for a third year running. …

A university under “considerable financial pressure” has cut 45 jobs. The University of Suffolk, based in Ipswich, said it made 26 redundancies and decided to close 19 vacant posts due to “the falling value of the student tuition fee, tightening of overseas visa rules and rising costs”. It added that …

Alex Bish South East Investigations Team PA Media Government figures show a rise in suspensions for pupils who assault adults in schools A teaching union said it was “horrifying” that some teachers had suffered serious injuries, such as fractures and loss of consciousness, due to pupil violence. The latest government …

Watch: ‘I am still happy and I still want to be successful’ Four years ago, with the UK beginning to emerge from its latest Covid-19 lockdown, teacher Damaris Bateson asked her new intake of Year 7 students to write letters to their future selves. In the letters which they opened …

Getty A record number of 18-year-olds woke up on Thursday morning to find they had got into their first choice of university. More than 226,000 were accepted by their “firm” choice – 82% of all 18-year-olds with offers. Those who didn’t get a place, or wanted to switch, have had …

Getty Images Maths is a significant contributor to high A-level grades overall as 16.7% of all maths entries scored an A* this year, compared to 9.4% of entries for all A-levels For the past seven years, girls have outperformed boys in securing the highest A-level grades. But this year it’s …

The Data Journalism Team BBC Verify EPA Before we get into the details of this year’s Level 3 exam results, there are two useful things to understand. First, the legacy of Covid still looms – and in quite a unique way for these Year 13s. Exam results spiked in 2020 …

BBC Harry, Meghan and Olivia were among thousands of students picking up their results “This is the culmination of a lot of hard work,” admits student Lily-Rose Williamson. “The sacrifices have paid off.” She was one of thousands of teenagers who received their A-level, Btec and T-level results on Thursday, …

Getty Images Students getting their A-level, T-level or BTec grades on Thursday may well be considering an apprenticeship as an alternative to university. Minimum wages for apprentices went up in April. But, with dropout rates at about 50% and concern about low pay, there is a lot to consider when …

Chloe Hughes BBC News, West Midlands PA Media Dale Millar-Evans was working at Bells Farm Primary School in Birmingham, when he contacted the officers, who he believed were 13-year-old girls A primary school teacher has been banned from the profession indefinitely after he sent sexual text messages to undercover police …

Meghan Owen, Tarah Welsh & Naresh Puri BBC News Family pic One-year-old Exodus Eyob died when he fell from a seventh floor window in Leeds in 2022 Thirteen children have died in falls from windows in their rented or temporary accommodation in England since 2019, according to a study into …

Researchers in the South West have suggested school summer holidays should be shortened, along with lengthening half-terms. A report on tackling post-pandemic education inequalities, which forms part of a project funded by the Nuffield Foundation, said it was time to consider a reform to school calendars. Experts in the report …

Ben Godfrey BBC Midlands Today Family Glen and Sharon Markey – pictured with their late daughter Helena – are petitioning the government over their call for schools to notify parents if a pupil is distressed by results feedback. In a woodland glade, in dappled sunshine, Sharron and Glen Markey are …