Schools in Surrey will have a two-week long half-term break in the autumn of 2026, following a council decision. The change by Surrey County Council (SCC) means that the October half term will be extended by one week and the summer holiday will be shortened by five days. A public …

Kate McGough Education producer BBC / Kate McGough Libby, 20, says she is trying to find a job but cannot get one “I’ve applied for factories, care work, hospital work – anything to just get a job to support me and my son,” says 20-year-old mum Libby. She says she’s …

Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk Richard Daniel BBC News, Suffolk Reporting fromWestbourne Academy Luke Deal/BBC Teachers have been striking at Westbourne Academy in Ipswich in protest at pupil behaviour Teachers who have been on strike over poor pupil behaviour have postponed future action after the school said it was introducing …

A new dedicated private exam centre being set up in Cornwall is set to make it easier for home-educated children to complete their GCSEs. The new centre is called Kowel Gwenen, Cornish for The Hive, and it is being set up in Bodmin by teacher Chrissie Berry to provide more …

James Bovill BBC Midlands Today Aston University Engineering Academy Five students are studying the recently created T-level in Birmingham Students studying what is claimed to be the UK’s first T-Level in jewellery say they hope to stop the industry from becoming a “dying art”. Aston University partnered with the Goldsmiths’ …

Nic Rigby BBC Politics East DJ McLaren/BBC Mum Kerri Deboo, who has children at Werrington Primary School, said the road was not safe for children to cross on their own Parents have called on a council to reinstate school crossing patrols before a “tragedy strikes”. Peterborough City Council (PCC) cut …

Pupils and staff at a school are trying to raise thousands of pounds to help a former teacher after he was badly hurt in a crash. Former maths teacher Suhkraj Dhami, 53, suffered a dislocated neck and other serious injuries when a car collided with his bike in June 2023. …

The University of Greater Manchester has suspended its vice chancellor following “serious allegations”. Professor George Holmes, who has led the university for 20 years, has been suspended alongside two senior members of academic staff at the institution, formerly known as the University of Bolton. It comes after the university commissioned …

Nathan Bevan BBC News, North East and Cumbria BBC David Blight was head of sixth form at Prudhoe Community High School A teacher accused of entering into an “inappropriate” sexual relationship with a “vulnerable” ex-pupil has been banned from the profession. A report by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) said …

Teachers at a secondary school have striked over poor student behaviour, their union representatives said. Some teachers at Westbourne Academy in Ipswich refused to work on Tuesday and said they would carry on their action on Wednesday, with further strike days planned for next week. The National Association of Schoolmasters …

Josh Holmes-Bright & Sonia Watson BBC News, Essex PA Media A head teacher said some parents “don’t have a clear understanding of children’s developmental needs” Teachers have told the BBC that too many children start primary school unable to blow their own noses or take themselves to the toilet. Liz …

Three students at a private boarding school needed surgery for serious injuries after suffering electric shocks from overhead cables. It is believed the boys, who are aged between 13 and 14, sustained serious burn injuries at Millfield School, near Street in Somerset, on Saturday evening. A school spokesperson said the …

Branwen Jeffreys & Hazel Shearing Education editor & Education correspondent UCU Industrial disputes over university job losses are underway in several cities More than four in 10 universities in England are expecting to be in a financial deficit by this summer, according to new report from the Office for Students …

Getty Images Exam season has begun for hundreds of thousands of GCSE students in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Here is everything you need to know. When are the 2025 GCSE exam dates? The GCSE exam period began on Monday 5 May, and finishes on Wednesday 25 June. The exact …

Getty Images Tens of thousands of GCSE students will get their grades in an app on their phones on results day this summer. The government is trialling the Education Record app with 95,000 students in Manchester and the West Midlands, ahead of a national rollout. Ministers say they hope it …

Heather Burman BBC News, East Midlands Ash Geaney BBC News, Nottingham BBC Tom Buckmaster says incentives such as day trips and meals out have really helped boost attendance levels for pupils in primary schools “Attendance is a really serious issue in schools because if pupils aren’t in schools, they can’t …

Josh Sandiford BBC News, West Midlands BBC Amy took her son Cooper out of the school An independent investigation has found improvements can be made after teachers were accused of bullying at a school for pupils with additional needs. Parents with children at The Heights Academy in Solihull raised concerns …

Parents in Manchester were fined £1.4m for taking children out of school in the last three years, a Freedom of Information request has found. More than 20,000 fines were given to parents in 2022, 2023, and 2024 for unauthorised absences from Manchester schools, the request submitted by the Local Democracy …

Tanya Gupta BBC News, West Midlands Google Daffodils Nursery is one of the three sites to have been suspended Three nurseries have been suspended from opening amid concerns that children could be harmed. Daffodils Nursery in Smethwick, Stepping Stone Nursery in Halesowen and Tulip Day Nursery in West Bromwich have …

Maisie Lillywhite & Duncan Cook BBC News, Gloucestershire PA The sixth form sector is “massively underfunded”, the Association of School and College Leaders says A headteacher says state school-based sixth forms are so underfunded that things have reached “breaking point”. Dominic Burke, headteacher of Balcarras School, in Cheltenham, says he …