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Heads ‘overclaimed £36m through funding abuse’

Bosses at London Metropolitan University knew that they were working the system to their advantage, a leaked report says

A balanced school career with a nice finish

The girls at Malvern St James School, Worcester, felt they lacked one thing: they didn’t know how to drink. So lessons began

Internet safety campaign to bypass adults

New strategy for primary schools will target children directly in the style of road safety campaigns of the 1970s

Immigrants passed for English without training

Ofqual cracking down on centres offering dubious English language qualifications as a route to permanent residency in the UK

Headteacher ‘killed herself after inspection’

Inquiry told heavy burden of administrative work and inspection process had put Irene Hogg under extraordinary stress

Universities asked to delay tuition fee demands

Labour and the Tories want universities to keep quiet about potential fee increases, fearing it will become an election issue

Pupils 'begged to end trek' on which girl drowned

Charlotte Shaw was training for Ten Tors hike when she slipped into a swollen stream as she tried to help a friend

Iraqi exile gives £3m for education of poor

Former refugee sets up bursary scheme for university students as debt of gratitude to country that educated him

Labour election manifesto for civic service

The universities minister has called for a Labour plan to hike loan repayments to fund a national community service organisation

Ready to explode

The bad behaviour of pupils and an increased workload are making it ever harder for teachers to keep their cool

University chiefs enjoy lavish free housing

Vice-chancellors are living rent-free in multi-million-pound 'grace-and-favour' homes while academics face losing their jobs

State won't build schools? Do it yourself

When the head and governors of a Wiltshire school were denied funding for a new building, they raised the cash themselves

A in GCSE science will be harder to get

Examinations regulator responds to complaints that exam boards are too generous in awarding top marks

Failing primary schools face merger

Governing bodies with poor results may be replaced or merged with stronger neighbours under government proposals

One in five Scots unable to read and write

Educationalists call for action as research reveals a fifth of Scottish adults lack literacy skills

Tories to pay loans of maths graduates who teach

Conservative Party unveils plan to attract 2,500 more graduates a year in science, maths, technology and engineering

Salmond accused of ‘sticking knife’ into Hyslop over class size memo

Alex Salmond has been accused of "sticking the knife" into Fiona Hyslop to avoid a charge of misleading MSPs about his Government’s failure to...

Russell loses first parliamentary vote

After his first speech to the chamber, Michael Russell, the new Education Secretary came under attack over his party's record

Colleges may face ban on foreign students

Ministers moving to crack down on abuse of the student visa systems in an attempt to get to grips with illegal immigration