A Birmingham MP has demanded school inspectors Ofsted scrap plans to ask schoolgirls why they wear the Hijab.
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5th Aug 2026 | Updated at 07:00am 5th Aug 2026
Building educational opportunity through community-led action
Bal Shiksha Foundation is a young Indian NGO focused on improving educational outcomes for children from disadvantaged backgrounds by strengthening the ecosystems around them. Rather than treating education in isolation, the organisation works...
Giving young voices the platform they deserve
At a time when young people are often spoken about rather than listened to, Our Happy Place (OHP) is attempting to shift the narrative.
The first nurses in England to complete self-funded studies celebrate as they approach graduation from the University of Bolton. The non-commissioned pre-registration...
After years of immigration doldrums for international students, finally they are seeing the light of justice. During the Christmas and New Year holidays,...
An outstanding 16-year-old student from Newham, East London has become the first state-school pupil to win Eton's individual debating prize. Selina Begum,...
The student vote is moving even more to Labour than at the general election, according to research for the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi). With the promise of scrapping tuition fees, there were big swings to Labour in university seats...
According to a new report bright students from poorer backgrounds are more likely than their wealthier peers to be given predicted A-level grades lower than they actually achieve, putting them at a disadvantage in their university applications.
Universities could be accused of "mis-selling" courses to teenagers who have little understanding of money matters, the public spending watchdog says. National Audit Office head Amyas Morse said young people were taking out large loans to pay...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised grammar schools as "contrary to the notion of the common good".
Record numbers of children are expected to be fed by food banks this Christmas, the UK's largest food charity has warned.
Northern Ireland and England are in the top 10 of the world's best primary school readers in global rankings. The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study - known as PIRLS - shows Northern Ireland in joint sixth place, with England in...
