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 …

BBC Professor Julia Waters joins education professionals in an open letter calling for delay to proposed Ofsted reforms The sister of a head teacher who took her own life after her school was downgraded in an Ofsted inspection, has warned the proposed new system for assessing schools has the “same …

Karl Mercer Political Editor, BBC London BBC St Jude & St Paul’s CofE Primary School pupils and their parents marched to Islington Town Hall on Thursday in protest at the plans Two primary schools in Islington borough are to close at the end of the summer term due to falling …

Liberty Phelan BBC News, South East BBC Professor Thirunamachandran says universities are facing a challenging financial situation. The vice chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University has called for the government to increase tuition fees in line with inflation. Professor Rama Thirunamachandran told the BBC the “funding model for higher education …

Laura Foster BBC News Reporting fromMilton Keynes Laura Foster/BBC The Safety Centre’s chief executive says knife crime is rising and that prevention is part of the solution A charity is calling for all primary school children to be taught how to avoid getting involved in knife crime as part of …

Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Stuart Woodward/BBC Head teacher Amy Wareham said it was in the school’s interests to have pupils “who are ready to learn” An Essex primary school head teacher says a national free breakfast club scheme for pupils is “indicative of society”. The clubs have been launched …

Harriet Heywood BBC News, Cambridge Getty Images Even 15 minutes’ more sleep leads to differences in how well tasks are performed, according to researchers Young people who go to bed earlier and sleep for longer have greater brain function and could perform better in tests, a study suggests. While a …

Social media influencers are fuelling an increase in misogyny and sexism in schools, according to a new poll by a teaching union. Almost three in five teachers said they believe social media use has had a negative effect on behaviour in schools, the NASUWT poll of 5,800 teachers in the …