Young people are being squeezed out of sport because a third live in poverty and the cost of taking part is too high, according to a study. Schools could help by opening facilities to community groups out of hours, it says.

State school debt in England and Wales has increased sharply in the past three years, as budgets tighten and cost pressures hit schools, a report says.

Ealing Council are warning drivers about the dangers of parking on the yellow zig-zag markings outside schools. The yellow markings are there to provide a clear space for children to cross where they can see traffic and traffic can see them,...

Newham Council’s trading standards team have removed 26 potentially dangerous hoverboards from sale in the borough’s shops in the last month.

Struggling academies could face rapid intervention and being taken over by another academy chain, in new powers proposed by the education secretary.

Ageing is taking a toll on women, especially in the job market, if figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are anything to go by.

Families have to live within 300m of a school to get a place in almost a hundred schools, according to an analysis of school admissions.