Education ministers are reportedly planning to attempt to reduce the number of unconditional offers given to university applicants.

The uptake in students studying the crucial engineering gateway subjects of Maths and Physics is a step in the right direction but exams alone do not give today’s students the right practical experience and insight into modern engineering careers, says the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). 

Commenting on the A-level results, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers’ Union, said:

Private schools should fend off Labour plans to "abolish" them by handing out places to thousands of children in care, a Tory minister has said.

Ministers must bring back maintenance grants if the number of students from poorer backgrounds attending the country’s top universities is to rise, the institutions’ boss has said.

Commenting on the Education Secretary’s pledge to halve the number of children falling behind in their early language and literacy skills, Steven McIntosh, Director of UK Poverty for Save the Children, said

Education Secretary Damian Hinds will today vow to clamp down on the "persistent scandal" of children starting school without basic reading and writing skills.

In direct response to the 800,000 young people who are currently not in education, employment or training (NEET), Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is working with national charity, UK Youth, on a new programme to equip young people with employability skills and confidence to transition into work.

In an open letter to Nadhim Zahawi, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education, Save the Children has come together with leading academics, union leaders and education bodies, calling on the government to keep its promise to address the early years teacher shortage, and set out a strategy to recruit and retain these vital early years teachers.

Pupils excluded from school are being failed by the education system, MPs have warned.

Theresa May has hit back after being labelled a “milk snatcher” over plans to divert cash for nurseries to a new healthy foods scheme.

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.