Education

Forty five schools across England and Wales, including 19 academies, are accused of having sex education policies that revive defunct laws discriminating against homosexuals.

For thousands of students expecting A-level results today, the wrong grades may feel like the end of the world. But for some people, it was just the start.

Primary school pupils could be ranked against their peers across the country, under new plans to overhaul schools’ performance measures, being considered by ministers.

School dinners are much better for pupils than packed lunches, which should be banned by headmasters – the message of a new government-commissioned report.

David Cameron hails the new curriculum as a “revolution” in education. But school leaders warn of an emphasis on memory learning rather than skills, amid accusations of “personal prejudice”.

Campaigner Shy Keenan tells Channel 4 News about her grief over her 14-year-old son’s suicide – and her hopes that the law on bullying can be changed to save other young people.

Tracey Crouch MP, who has amended the anti-social behaviour bill to make bullying a specific offence for the first time, says new laws will do more to encourage bullies to change their behaviour.

Education Secretary Michael Gove says enough is enough: the time has come to make GCSEs harder. Why is he taking action now and what is going to change?

Former soldiers with no degree can enrol to train in schools from next year – and become qualified in half the normal time – under a government drive to bring a military ethos to the classroom.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg vetoes Tory Education Minister Liz Truss’s plan to let childminders look after more children in a bid to reduce the cost of childcare. Jane Dodge reports.

Michael Gove faces the wrath of headteachers over the state of the education system, just hours after they passed a vote of no confidence in the government’s school reforms.