Educational News

Work contacts 'cut dropout rate'

The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.

Pupils learn how to 'fail well'

A top girls' school is planning a "failure week" to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes.

Dickens 'beyond' modern children

Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.

Universities warned over access

The incoming fair access watchdog says universities will be fined for failing to recruit more students from poorer backgrounds.

Academy school results 'inflated'

The results of England's academy schools are being inflated by the over-use of vocational equivalents, analysis suggests.

Children's access rights pledge

Children are to get legal rights to maintain relationships with both their parents, as part of a shake-up of the family justice system.

Union plea to delay exams change

Schools should be allowed to delay a new exam system if they are not ready to implement it, Scotland's largest teaching union says.