A shortlist of 20 works has been drawn up for the schools art prize.

Children are being banned from paddling in water during school trips under new health and safety guidelines.

All secondary schools should have a teacher trained to support pupils from Gypsy families according to a Governmentbacked report.

The largest sponsor of Labour's academies has been barred from opening further schools because of poor results it was disclosed last night.

Schools made more than 50000 appeals against this year's Sats results official figures show.

Sex and relationships education will be compulsory in all schools under new Government plans.

Sex education will be compulsory in all schools it was announced today as thousands of parents lose the right to opt their children out of the lessons.

Education in Pakistan is in chaos leaving the way open for extremism. David Blair visits a nation where more is spent on bullets than books.

A schoolgirl was thrown out of classes for wearing a traditionalstyle school tie rather than a clipon version.

Graduates to be marked on joining clubs and taking extra courses.

State schools have been banned from offering the International GCSE in compulsory subjects after the Government ruled it lacked rigour.

AFTER the expenses scandal, many members of the public might think their local MP deserves a good slap.

DAVID Cameron has been accused of "double standards" after he agreed he would allow a referendum that could lead to more powers for the Welsh Assembly.

THE Prime Minister said he wanted to create an economy with "jobs for all" as he campaigned in Glasgow yesterday.

THE financial crisis is likely to add up to £1.5 trillion to the national debt, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. The surge comes from the huge liabi

AS A piece of perfectly designed street pageantry. the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph in London always seems in a class of its own. The whole event is striking for i

THE poor countries of the world cannot delay acting on global warming by blaming climate change on the rich, Chancellor Alistair Darling has warned ahead of a key meeting of G

A CONSERVATIVE MP who said she would stand down from parliament after being caught up in the expenses row has changed her mind.

THE "enforcer" brought in to ensure the proposed reforms to MPs' expenses were implemented stringently plans to scrap them, it has emerged.

THE mother of the most senior of the five soldiers gunned down by a rogue Afghan policeman has called for British troops to be brought home.