Surrey council introduces two week half-term break for schools
Schools in Surrey will have a two-week long half-term break in the autumn of 2026, following a council decision. The change by Surrey County Council (SCC) means that the October…
One in eight young people not in work or education
Kate McGough Education producer BBC / Kate McGough Libby, 20, says she has applied for hundreds of roles without success “I’ve applied for factories, care work, hospital work – anything…
Children’s Law Centre wants ban on isolation in schools
Robbie Meredith BBC News NI education correspondent Children’s Law Centre Rachel Hogan gave evidence to Stormont’s Education Committee Shutting a child alone in a room in school should be banned…
New exam centre for home-schooled children in Cornwall
A new dedicated private exam centre being set up in Cornwall is set to make it easier for home-educated children to complete their GCSEs. The new centre is called Kowel…
Ipswich Westbourne Academy strikes paused as school tackles issue
Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk Richard Daniel BBC News, Suffolk Reporting fromWestbourne Academy Luke Deal/BBC Teachers have been striking at Westbourne Academy in Ipswich in protest at pupil behaviour Teachers…
Birmingham jewellery students want to save ‘dying art’
James Bovill BBC Midlands Today Aston University Engineering Academy Five students are studying the recently created T-level in Birmingham Students studying what is claimed to be the UK’s first T-Level…
Wait to enter education ‘frustrating’ for teenage asylum seekers
Robbie Meredith BBC News NI education and arts correspondent BBC Hani came to Northern Ireland almost three years ago Nineteen-year old Hani and 20-year-old Hossam both dream of running their…
Further education lecturers in Northern Ireland strike pay deal
Unions have accepted a pay offer for further education lecturers, the Department for the Economy has said. Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald said the University College Union (UCU) and NASUWT, the…
‘Incredible’ Coventry pupils help ex-teacher after crash
Pupils and staff at a school are trying to raise thousands of pounds to help a former teacher after he was badly hurt in a crash. Former maths teacher Suhkraj…
Call for lollipop people to be brought back at Peterborough schools
Nic Rigby BBC Politics East DJ McLaren/BBC Mum Kerri Deboo, who has children at Werrington Primary School, said the road was not safe for children to cross on their own…