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- Gove's academies: 80s idea rebranded?
The academies schools pushed by Education Secretary Michael Gove bear more than a passing resemblance to the grant-maintained schools brought in under Margaret Thatcher, writes Mike Baker. - Maths fears over A-level reforms
Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns. - 150 schools ask to be academies
More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show. - Dramatic fall in pupil expulsion
There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past year, official figures show. - 'Mocking' toddler killers jailed
A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, are jailed for life. - Landmark ruling on divorce money
A "ground-breaking" Court of Appeal judgement removes the protection previously given to thousands of people in divorce proceedings. - Rise in parental child abductions
A growing number of children in Britain are being abducted by a parent and taken overseas, the Foreign Office says. - Promise over future school cash
Investment in England's school buildings will continue despite cuts to a major building programme, the Education Secretary says. - Gove open to atheist-run schools
Prominent atheists such as Richard Dawkins could set up their own 'free schools' in England, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said. - Irish schools funding criticised
The education minister has approved funding for four Irish-medium schools, despite concern over the amount of unfilled places in existing schools. - Sex education teacher guilty of under-age sex
A sex education teacher is found guilty of having an unlawful relationship with a 15-year-old female pupil in Worcestershire. - Boy, 5, wins Lidl defamation case
A five-year-old Irish boy who was wrongly accused of stealing a bag of crisps wins 7,500 euros damages for defamation of character. - Family court service criticised
The agency which looks after children's interests in English courts has not dealt efficiently with an increase in cases, an audit finds. - Axed school list 'advice ignored'
Officials are accused of ignoring advice to double-check their information before publishing a list of cancelled school building projects in England. - MPs approve academy legislation
MPs pass legislation which paves the way for a radical overhaul of the school system in England but some Lib Dem MPs rebel. - Private university to be created
The UK's first new private sector university college for more than 30 years is announced by the universities minister. - School help for forces children
The children of armed forces personnel in England could be included in categories of deprivation to be supported by extra school funding. - Top school 'bursary funds lower'
Rich, large independent schools in England devote less of their income to bursaries than smaller, poorer ones, a study suggests. - Call for rethink on universities
A radical overhaul of higher education is needed so that universities offer more vocational courses, ex-CBI chief Lord Digby Jones says. - Sex education 'could be better'
Lessons about sex, relationships and health are not good enough in one in four schools in England, schools inspectors suggest.
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