• Universities warned over access

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

    03 February 2012
  • Academy school results 'inflated'

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

    03 February 2012
  • 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.

    03 February 2012
  • 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.

    03 February 2012
  • Loans boss 'to pay tax at source'

    The head of the Student Loans Company will have tax and National Insurance payments deducted from his £182,000 pay package in future, ministers say.

    02 February 2012