Parenting programmes for helping children with behavioural problems are just as effective in primary school age children as in pre-school children, Oxford University research suggests.

Best friends forever? Well, maybe not - but schoolchildren who keep the same best mate as they move to secondary have been found to get better results.

Council bosses in England say the "worst is yet to come" in cuts to services, as the government further reduces local authority funding. The County Council Network predicts "unpalatable cutbacks" next year as the councils identify at least £1bn...

Almost three quarters of university students from London will be from ethnic minorities by the end of the next decade, say researchers.

An "alarmingly high" number of girls and young women feel unsafe outside their home, according to annual research for Girlguiding UK.

New findings reveal the cost of sending a child to school could reach almost £800 a year. This is the equivalent to 3.5% of the average annual salary. The research considers the cost of preparing a boy or girl for a new school year, as well...

According to reports an Indian billionaire's daughter is said to be hiring at least 12 staff to help her whilst she studies at St Andrews University in Scotland and includes a butler, maid, three footmen and a housekeeper!