Fewer young people are reading for pleasure than ever before, with broad economic and social consequences. Can the trend be reversed?
Charities say ministers must learn lessons of welfare fiasco if prime minister is to avoid another climbdown
Judges dismiss three claims that new tax had breached human rights
Number of pupils receiving council-funded plans has doubled in the past decade
Breaking down the barriers to aspiration is not impossible — here’s one way to do it
PM expanding access as he seeks to head off backbench Labour rebellion over plan to cut welfare payments
By raising fees imprudently in recent years, the independent sector has deprived a tier of parents of financial wriggle room
Abigail Foster says we must start young to ensure the next generation is financially savvy
Pupil numbers drop 3.5% for early education compared with 1.7% for older pupils, data shows
Starmer’s government seems unwilling to revisit the successes of the party’s last period in power
Towns and cities with the lowest social mobility offer the party the most electoral promise, analysis shows
Boys remain twice as likely to follow course as girls at A-level, Bank of England study shows
Government has ruled out a legal change as concerns mount over children’s mental health
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves dismissed idea of launching tax later in bid to ‘maximise revenue’, Treasury documents reveal
Specialists warn families face uphill battle in trying to overturn flagship policy
One in three UK women say they would not apply for jobs that require working with numbers or data
Thousands of students in England unsuccessfully resit GCSE tests each year
An upcoming review has the potential to radically reform what we teach the next generation
I was lucky to be taught the power of mathematics but threats to the subject now endanger the UK’s AI ambitions
‘Stuck’ schools could be taken over by successful academy trusts, says education secretary
Proposed assessment of 8 core areas would replace regulator’s controversial single-word judgments
Reducing scheme credited with boosting maths performance in England is retrograde step, say critics
Government plan to hand more control to local authorities has been criticised by some academy trusts and Tories
School and workers’ rights reforms jar with the government’s stated growth mission
The flame of classics still burns in state schools even as the Latin scheme is axed
