Gove defends academy schools list
The Education Secretary insists there no is rush for schools in England to become academies, after criticism over the number of schools coming forward.
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.
Cambridge rejects A-level reforms
Cambridge University criticises government proposals to bring back more traditional A-levels in England.
Bureaucracy 'hampers social work'
Nearly two-thirds of social workers say they do not have enough time to serve children and young people properly, an Ofsted survey finds.
Starved girl 'failed by agencies'
Missed opportunities by professionals contributed to the death of Khyra Ishaq who starved to death weighing less than three stone, a report finds.
Motherly love 'breeds confidence'
Babies whose mothers shower them with affection are better at coping with stress when they get older, researchers say.
Education 'helps fight dementia'
People who stay in education for longer appear to be better able to compensate for the effects of dementia on the brain, a study suggests.
PM outlines youth service plans
David Cameron outlines details of the planned national citizen service, aimed at getting 16-year-olds to do community work.
Yarl's Wood child wing to close
The "moral outrage" of detaining children at Yarl's Wood immigration centre in Bedfordshire is to end, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says.
Schoolboy billed as 'next Picasso'
A British schoolboy has stunned the art world by producing paintings that look like Picasso's.
Academies could cause coalition rift
Education Secretary Michael Gove has insisted there is no rush for schools in England to become academies, after facing criticism over the number of schools coming forward. The issue threatens to cause a rift in the coalition, as Michael Crick reports.
Schools building plan 'flawed'
Education Secretary Michael Gove has said the scrapped Building Schools for the Future programme was "misconceived" and suffered a number of flaws.
Super-sized school uniforms sold
As more and more children start primary school overweight, retailers are having to expand the waistlines on school uniforms.
Bad trip
Are family holidays worth all the hassle?
Time travel
Floating canal classroom takes pupils on journey through history
Childless stigma
Happily married, don't want kids - why is that so odd?
Are we all ill?
Could new mental health manual lead to over-diagnosis of childen?
Burden of youth?
Joan Bakewell asks who should pay the care bill for ageing Britons
End of school
Tears, anxiety, a sense of lost time... and that's just the parents