But my research has found that academy schools are no better at raising attainment than the schools they replaced. The pupil premium policy – which gives schools funding according to their intake – ...

The UK education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, is planning to cut some of the freedoms academy schools currently enjoy in England to refocus on improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

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with pupils at schools that substantially increased their EBacc rates showing higher average attainment in GCSE English and maths and lower probabilities of leaving education after the age of 16. Also ...

The father of a schoolgirl found guilty of attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed two teachers and a fellow pupil says the teenager was being bullied and had "reached her breaking point ...

A teacher has spoken of the "nightmare" she experienced after being stabbed by a pupil. Fiona Elias, fellow teacher Liz Hopkin and a pupil were hospitalised after the attack by a 14-year-old girl ...

A teenage boy has been arrested after a pupil was struck in the head with a hammer at a school in Nottinghamshire. Police were called to Redhill Academy, near Arnold, shortly after 9.45am on ...