Colleges to judge applicants on the basis of their social background.

Record numbers of childminders are being forced out of business just 12 months after the introduction of Labour's compulsory "nappy curriculum" figures suggest.

The lack of decent schools has driven parents to desperate lengths to educate their children says Judith Woods.

Colleges to judge applicants on the basis of their social background.

Lord Mandelson's longawaited review of higher education has reignited the debate over student tuition fees.

Many schools are turning to the International Baccalaureate ahead of traditional British exams

Lord Mandelson is set to outline plans for a radical overhaul of universities fuelling speculation over an increase in student tuition fees.

Labour has been accused of "sleepwalking" into a fresh university admissions crisis as figures show record applications to degree courses.

Teachers are pressing ahead with a proposed boycott of Sats tests for 11yearolds.

An estimated 3500 parents lied on school admissions forms last year but only 1250 were caught.

Rules giving Labour's academy schools greater power over admissions have been branded "daft" by an official watchdog.

Local councils should be free to impose admissions lotteries according to the Schools Adjudicator.

Parents who lie to get their kids into oversubscribed state schools need to consider the moral cost of their action says Cathal Morrow.

Admissions watchdog head calls for court punishments for those who lie to get their children into the best schools.

Half of Britain's schools have recruited a member of staff whose job is to offer support for pupils' parents according to the Training and Development Agency for Schools.

THE UK's chief science adviser has said he agrees with the views of the government's former chief drug adviser, who was sacked after saying many illegal drugs were le

A NEW bill to plot the future of crofting will be presented to the Scottish Parliament by Christmas but crofting communities are divided on the way forward, five years after r

SHY, skint, and most certainly not a Strictly man, Gordon Brown has spoken candidly about his personal faults.

AN ACADEMIC lawyer and former TV host is to chair the body responsible for the shake-up of MPs' expenses, it was reported last night.

EUROPEAN rules which require millions of pounds worth of dead fish to be dumped at sea were again attacked yesterday by the Scottish Government.