Schools

Some families say they will be priced out of private education after schools started getting charged VAT on feesplaceholder image

Private schools lose VAT legal challenge - what it means for parents

Nationwide, the lion's share of families were able to land their child an offer at their first choice of schoolplaceholder image

How many children offered a place at their first choice school in 2025

Schools in Dewsbury and Spen are set to benefit from more than £5.4million investment from Kirklees Council to improve their buildings, including Westborough High School on Stockhill Streetplaceholder image

£5.4m of 'urgent' repairs approved for 34 Kirklees schools

Schools across Kirklees are getting the moneyplaceholder image

Kirklees schools getting £5.4m for urgent safety work

Lisa Smart is one of the MPs calling for change, in what's being described as a financial literacy crisis among Gen Zplaceholder image

Gen Z turning to influencers over school for money advice

These primary schools were among many across the country boasting exceptionally low absence ratesplaceholder image

The best primary schools in England for attendance

Almost 45,000 hours of PE, since the London Olympic Games in 2012, have been lostplaceholder image

Ad Feature 4,000 hours of PE lessons lost in the last year, study reveals

The EnergyTown game is marketed towards UK schoolchildren, and funded by energy giant Equinorplaceholder image

Warning over classroom game accused of 'brainwashing' schoolchildren

The Government says that thousands of children from struggling households had been missing out on free school mealsplaceholder image

How to know if your family is eligible, as free school meals expanded

The Food Foundation says it's concerning children are being served so much processed meat in school mealsplaceholder image

Call for change over 'worrying' health risk in school dinners

The funding could benefit hundreds of schools across the countryplaceholder image

Huge investment into 'crumbling' schools - what it means for pupils

Hundreds of millions will go towards creating ‘safer and warmer’ classrooms 🏫

Amber Allott

Even five years on, the impact of the pandemic is still being felt in the classroomplaceholder image

This year’s GCSE candidates 'some of the worst affected by pandemic'

There are a number of things we were all taught at school which it turns out were wrongplaceholder image

11 things you were probably taught at school which are wrong

Classrooms will be empty and children will be enjoying some summer fun before they know itplaceholder image

When the school summer holidays will start and end in 2025

AI in schools presents both risks and challenges, a Parliamentary report saysplaceholder image

The impact of AI on children and schools - what the evidence says

Ruth Sparkes (left) and Sunita Gordon launched SaferSpace to address the lack of secure, accessible reporting routes in educationplaceholder image

The groundbreaking app that could give pupils power over safeguarding

What family-friendly events are there across Yorkshire this May Half Term to keep the little ones entertained this time around?placeholder image

35 family events in Yorkshire for the late May Half Term holidays

Learning the recorder at school has been a tradition going back decadesplaceholder image

School recorder playing plummets - the instruments taking its place

This week is national Walk to School Weekplaceholder image

How to know whether your child is ready to walk to school alone

Proposed changes to Ofsted inspections have come under fire from teaching unionsplaceholder image

Why Ofsted is facing legal action over proposed changes to inspections

Downe House School's Jane Basnett says educators have a role to play in making sure pupils get accurate info on AIplaceholder image

Why teachers are concerned about pupils using AI for homework

The UK has been heating up this weekplaceholder image

Can pupils be sent home if it's too hot? Temperature rules explained

Teens in relationships also reported high levels of violent or controlling behaviourplaceholder image

Call for action as 1 in 8 teachers report sex assaults between pupils

SATs are often the first major exams many primary school students will take in their school career (Photo: Adobe Stock)placeholder image

Everything you need to know about primary school SAT exams

Children will sit a total of six tests throughout the course of a weekplaceholder image

What dates primary school pupils will sit SATs - and get their results

These West Yorkshire schools had particularly low absence ratesplaceholder image

The 15 West Yorkshire secondary schools with the lowest absence rates

GCSE results day could look a little different for thousands of students this yearplaceholder image

Big change coming to GCSE Results Day - what you need to know

These were some of the biggest school playground crazes of the 1990splaceholder image

9 school playground crazes of the 1990s

If you went to school in the 1990s, this retro photo gallery is bound to bring memories flooding back.

Robert Cumber

Actor and father Hugh Grant has spoken out against screens in schoolsplaceholder image

Why an educator says Hugh Grant is wrong about screens in schools

One in four teachers say they experience pupil violence at least once a termplaceholder image

Teachers declare ‘pupil behaviour emergency’ - here's how bad it is

Schools may soon only be able to require families to buy three branded uniform itemsplaceholder image

How school uniforms rules could change for four million pupils

Absence rates across the wider Dewsbury area's secondary schools variedplaceholder image

The top secondary schools in and around Dewsbury for attendance

These next few months of exam prep will be crucialplaceholder image

21 things parents can do at home to help teens prepare for GCSEs

From how your child's school compares to other local schools to its SEN provision, there's plenty of info to be found onlineplaceholder image

How to find official data on your child's school - and what it means

Former teacher Lucy Kirkham says free school breakfast clubs could offer many benefits to childrenplaceholder image

3 benefits of free school breakfast clubs, as pilot launches

English schoolchildren have plenty of holidays to look forwards to throughout the yearplaceholder image

England's school term dates for 2025 - and when Easter holidays end

Head-on collision in High Wycombe.placeholder image

Video shows aftermath of head-on crash injuring mum and daughter, 6

There are quite a few different types of state-funded schools in Englandplaceholder image

Everything you need to know about the different types of state school

Emojis and the different understandings generations have of them is a key plot point in 'Adolescence'placeholder image

Emojis with hidden meanings parents should know - and whether to worry

Adolescence has drawn fresh attention to young men and boys being radicalised onlineplaceholder image

Adolescence and 'incel culture in schools' - 12 signs to look out for

Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in Adolescence. Picture: Netflix © 2024placeholder image

Netflix’s powerful drama Adolescence to be shown in schools for free

Lockdowns may have long since passed, but their impact is still being felt in UK schoolsplaceholder image

5 ways children’s education is still being impacted by the pandemic

These Yorkshire secondary schools boast incredibly low absence ratesplaceholder image

Yorkshire's 13 top state secondary schools for attendance

Our photographers were on hand during the national lockdown to take some eerie pictures of Dewsbury, Batley and Cleckheaton town centres.placeholder image

Deserted street in Dewsbury, Batley and Cleckheaton during Covid restrictions

Do these photos bring back any memories for you of 1980s school days?placeholder image

15 surprising things you'll remember if you went to school in the 80s

School life has changed a lot since the 1980s, from lessons to playground games and, of course, school dinners.

Robert Cumber

Most of these schools, which had some of the lowest attendance rates in the country, were also extremely high performersplaceholder image

The 15 top state secondary schools in England for attendance named

School attendance can play a big part in a pupil's outcomesplaceholder image

1 in 5 pupils 'persistently' missing school - why it matters for GCSEs

Former Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman has spoken out against a number of key Government education reformsplaceholder image

Ofsted ex-boss claims schools bill may 'make education worse'

It looks like the review will recommend the current exam system as a whole stay largely intact placeholder image

How GCSE exams and other assessments could change in curriculum review

Four key areas of focus were identified in the curriculum reviewplaceholder image

Curriculum 'not working for all' - 4 things review says need changing

The new NFER report found that unfilled vacancies for teachers are at their highest rates since records beganplaceholder image

3 things the Government needs to do to fix 'record' teacher vacancies

More than 4 in 5 head teachers say they have been abused by a parent in the last yearplaceholder image

3 ways schools handle angry parents - as 4 out of 5 heads face abuse

Supervised toothbrushing is a proven, evidence-based health intervention.placeholder image

Schools asked to supervise toothbrushing in young children

These schools were among West Yorkshire's top A Level performersplaceholder image

The 16 best state sixth forms in West Yorkshire for A Levels

Children dressed up for World Book Day are welcomed to school by their headteacher in 2021 (Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)placeholder image

Parents spend up to £50 on kids' World Book Day outfits – how to save

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