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- Heads warn of exam 'congestion'
Pupils about to take GCSE and AS-level exams are put under extra stress by timetabling problems, teachers warn. - Return of education's 'Cold War'
Mike Baker considers the pressures facing the independent sector over the public benefit test. - Catch-up reading scheme 'success'
A government-backed reading scheme shows lasting results for struggling readers, research suggests. - Reading skills' 'virtuous circle'
Ofsted inspectors say that schools and children are making progress with the teaching of phonics. - Strike threat over academy plan
Teachers at a school in Derby are threatening strike action over plans to turn it into an academy. - Rugby to let in more poor pupils
Rugby School becomes the latest independent school to open its doors to more less well-off pupils. - Move to bolster school governors
The scale of governor shortage is revealed as ministers try to strengthen the management of schools. - Maths teacher gap 'to worsen'
The shortage of qualified maths teachers in England seems set to worsen, a survey suggests. - Row over 'paid for' schooling
An inquiry sees a heated exchange between a senior MP and the head of the Independent Schools Council. - Adults with autism to be audited
For the first time the government is to calculate the number of adults with autism in England. - Dyslexic focus in school review
An inquiry into what is taught in England's primary schools is to be widened to include children with dyslexia. - Dads 'need school reassurance'
Ed Balls says it can be intimidating for dads to enter a school environment dominated by women. - 348,000 'persistent truant' risk
More than one in 20 pupils in England is on the margins of becoming a persistent truant, reveal official figures. - Children being 'dumped at school'
The leader of the National Association of Head Teachers accuses some parents of "dumping" children on schools. - Parents 'stop children cycling'
Cycling campaigners say over-anxious parents are stopping their children from riding on the roads. - 'Superhead' school police probe
A school turned around by a "superhead" is probed over attendance figure "irregularities", police say. - Cocaine found at university bars
Drugs testing by students at the University of Bristol suggests cocaine is used at most of its bars. - 'Emotions' urged in sex education
Childline is calling for advice on emotions and relationships to a compulsory part of sex education in schools. - Targets 'drive out head teachers'
Ofsted inspection pressures deter good candidates from becoming head teachers, research suggests. - Rewards urged for good parents
Parents should be rewarded for spending quality time with their children, head teachers say.
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