The government was "too slow to respond" to "mob" protests over LGBT teaching outside Birmingham schools, according to the woman tasked with challenging extremism.

Painful periods cost women around nine days of lost productivity each year, a study has calculated.

Childcare in England risks becoming the preserve of the wealthy, unless a £660m funding gap in a free childcare scheme is plugged, MPs are warning.

Education Secretary Damian Hinds has confirmed the government's promise of three million apprenticeship starts in England by 2020 is going to be missed.

An Ofsted report has condemned consultants for selling “snake oil” to schools who are preparing for a new inspection regime and urged head teachers not to “spend a single penny” on their services.

Head teachers in England are more likely to face problems with pupils bullying online and misusing social media than in any other developed country, an international study says.

A further maths A-level paper due to be sat by about 7,000 candidates on Thursday has been replaced following the leak of an earlier exam last week.

Every new teacher in England will be trained in how to spot early warning signs of mental illness, under a plan being unveiled by Theresa May later.

A one-off increase of £3.8bn would be needed to reverse 8% cuts in per pupil school spending, new analysis shows.