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Education in English schools is 'fatally distorted' says leading academic

The English education system has an unhealthy fixation with anachronistic exams that fail to prepare students for university, the professor said

Children's learning harmed by 'quick fix culture'

A head teacher says exams are compromising long-term learning as the national testing regime is criticised by MPs

University staff caught faking league table

Lecturers at Kingston University secretly taped telling students to give them glowing reports or risk a 's**t' degree

Evening class numbers drop

Fewer adults are taking evening classes because of a shift in Government funding, figures published tomorrow indicate

National SATs tests 'turn children off learning'

School standards should be monitored by the random testing of a sample of pupils, MPs demand today

The QI equation for an enriched IQ

The quirky methods behind TV’s QI quiz show could lead to a revolution in how we learn, says Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson

8-minute lessons boost pupils' GCSE grades

Tyneside comprehensive is to teach all GCSE subjects in eight-minute bursts after finding that they boosted pupils’ results

New tests 'too tough' for pupils

Replacement for SATs in primary and secondary schools to be changed because expected standards are reportedly too high

Exam stress is hurting pupils' performance

GCSE and AS-level pupils will suffer as a result of sitting four or five exams in a day this year, headteachers warn

Top school drops history, geography and RE

Lessons in the 'story of our land' will replace traditional subjects at one of Britain's leading independent schools

Play is no longer the thing to teach Bard

Rather than visiting Stratford-upon-Avon, pupils see performances only of the Shakespeare scenes on which they face tests

Intensive tuition proves cure for illiteracy

One-to-one teaching for half an hour a day is turning struggling children into the best in their classes at reading

Anxiety over teacher shortage

There are about 10 per cent fewer applicants for teacher training than last year, and there are vacancies on most courses

Larger children incur £20 school uniform tax

Parents are having to pay up to £20 extra on school uniforms because larger-sized school clothes are subject to VAT

More than 40,000 pupils play truant twice a week

Teachers’ leaders blamed the trend on 'deep-rooted social problems' which schools could not tackle on their own

One-on-one dyslexics’ lessons

Children with dyslexia will receive intensive lessons from specialist teachers as part of an overhaul of primary education

Teenagers on course for GCSE in driving safety

Students will soon be able to sit an exam in driving science as part of a road safety initiative to curb the excesses of speed

Richer families ‘gain more’ from student cash

£165m package of student support will disproportionately benefit undergraduates from middle-class families, Tories claim

Teachers threaten to boycott tests

Teachers are mobilising parental support for a big campaign against national tests for children at the ages of 7, 11 and 14

Heads accuse parents of dumping children

Teachers' leader says parents are abdicating responsibility and leaving their children at school for up to ten hours a day