Teachers say they are struggling to access professional support for pupils experiencing mental health problems, amid an upswing in the number of children and young people experiencing depression, panic attacks and self-harming.

Technical education does not just offer more flexibility in learning, but an increased number of opportunities to students who do not believe that a traditional academic route suits them, says NFB.

An education minister has admitted she would advise her own children to delay taking one of the Government's newly-proposed qualifications.

Over the years the school exclusion system has eroded and has had an adverse impact on pupils with learning difficulties and autism, says Lord Touhig.

Commenting on the release of the School Workforce in England statistics, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union said:

New higher quality bricklayer and plasterer apprenticeships have received final sign-off by the Government, after a rigorous development process.

Matt Hancock has said more schools should consider banning students from using mobile phones during the day.

A Tory minister has resigned live on stage over Theresa May's approach to Brexit.

Britain's universities are not turning out the kind of graduates that are needed for the modern workplace, peers have warned.

Commenting on the speech to be made today by the Secretary of State for Education to the National Governance Association Conference on the regulation of academies and multi academy trusts, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union, said: 

Conservative minister Sam Gyimah has torn into Oxford and Cambridge universities over a "staggering" lack of diversity in their top colleges.

Today’s report from a coalition of teaching unions and expert organisations demonstrates the overwhelming support for making personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education a statutory curriculum subject, including but not limited to crucial learning about relationships and sex.

Commenting on the announcement by the Department for Education that it is to launch a national website to advertise teacher vacancies, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union, said: 

Responding to the ‘Free For All? Analysing free schools in England, 2018’, report from NFER and the Sutton Trust, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT – The Teachers Union said:

A flagship Tory schools policy is failing in its original aim of offering extensive parental choice, a damning new report has said.

The Government must be realistic about the capabilities and work-readiness of students who have completed construction T Levels, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Ministers are to hand councils £50m to create hundreds of new school places for children with special needs - but Labour has already dismissed the cash boost as "old funding".

Theresa May has vowed to deliver "the most significant" shake-up of technical education in decades, as the Government set out fresh detail of its plans for new 'T level' courses.

Senior Tory councillors have hit out at the Government for being put in the “unsustainable” position of having to funnel spending marked for state schools into supporting special needs children.

Grammar schools are to be handed £50m as part of a controversial expansion programme.

The PSHE Association welcomes the Education and Health and Social Care committees’ joint recommendation that PSHE education is made compulsory in schools to support children’s mental health. 

Ministers' plans to improve support for children battling mental health problems will still leave thousands without the help they need, a powerful cross-party alliance of MPs has warned.

The Government is to begin drawing up a new code which aims to tackle "chilling" attempts to stop people from expressing their views on university grounds.