A Blackpool MP has opened up about his journey to become an MP saying he success was down to a “couple of incredible teachers from St Mary’s who believed in me”.

Caught between social media pressure and locker-room chat, teenage boys are turning to creatine in record numbers. Here’s how to talk to your child — and what science says about safety ...

The way school students across Northern Ireland are graded could drastically change, according to new plans by the Education Minister.The changes relate to A-levels, AS-levels and GCSEs in Northern ...

Seventeen-year-old Lily said she liked doing AS-levels and it had taken the pressure off her A-levels [BBC] There are set to be big changes to A-levels, AS-levels and GCSEs in Northern Ireland. The ...

English language results improve by up to three grades after challenges from teachers, who warn of ‘erratic’ marking ...

What we face at the moment is a very stark gap in terms of regional inequality and a big gap in terms of attainment with our young people and that is most pronounced in white working class kids” ...

The DfE strategy begins by advising all schools to appoint a ‘sustainability leader’. They will then draw up a climate action plan for the remainder of the year. They can turn to the Sustainability ...

Hundreds of British Army personnel were affected by a major military blunder that saw them sent on the wrong training course. Junior soldiers, who were three weeks into their basic training at the ...

The Independent’s Education Correspondent. She wrote about everything related to education – from nurseries and schools to apprenticeships and universities. She also specialised in school admissions, ...

Hundreds of British Army recruits have been placed on the wrong training course after a military blunder. Junior soldiers who were three weeks into basic training at the Army Foundation College (AFC) ...