According to a social mobility charity London has become the "epicentre of the elites" in the UK, making it "off limits" for young people from poorer backgrounds.
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19th Sep 2026 | Updated at 07:56pm 19th Sep 2026
British Asian students shine as schools celebrate A-level success
A-level results are in and for thousands of British Asian students, the numbers tell a story of ambition, achievement and some remarkable individual successes.
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...
A World Health Organization study suggests that one in four 11 to 15-year-olds in England have too little sleep. The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children report questions 3,398 11, 13 and 15-year-olds every four years. And 27% now say they...
A recent report has suggested that girls are twice as likely as boys to pass a GCSE in a modern foreign language. According to the report which was commissioned by the British Council just 38% of boys in England took a foreign language at GCSE...
Higher education watchdog the Office for Students (OFS) is understood to be launching a review of how £1.3bn per year of funding might give more support to "priority" subjects in the spring.
Latest figures from the Office for Students, England’s higher education watchdog, show that rapid annual growth in the proportion of students awarded first-class degrees has stalled, after significant annual increases since 2011.
Nearly 1 in 3 adolescent girls from the poorest households around the world has never been to school, according to a new UNICEF paper launched today as education ministers gather at the Education World Forum and as leaders prepare to convene...
British solicitor and former Chief Crown Prosecutor Nazir Afzal OBE has given his backing to a new international essay writing competition, the results...
According to the government website Ofsted are due to visit all schools deemed to be outstanding within the next five years under new Government proposals.
Latest figures from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) more than a quarter of children referred to mental health services are being denied help despite extra government funding to improve access. Analysis by the Education Policy...
A brand new report by the 2020 Modern Families Index has found that more parents now feel under pressure to check their work emails in the evening.
