My father, Peter Garwood, who has died aged 88, was a history teacher who went on to become a schools
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‘Against natural justice’: father to sue exams regulator over A-level grades system
Southend sixth former Lexie Bell should be feeling confident about her university place in September. When she was applying her
Read moreVouchers for free internet to be given to England’s poorest families
Thousands of families without broadband internet are to be given vouchers for six months’ free wifi access in scheme run
Read moreChaos, U-turns, disregard for experts: the Tories’ random game with education
“Fifty-three. Four squillion. Rotate the boards. That’s Numberwang!” In one of Mitchell and Webb’s comedy sketches there is a quiz
Read morePrime minister is risking basic right to an education, says children’s tsar
Boris Johnson was accused of putting children’s basic right to education at risk last night, as he faced a mounting
Read moreSchool reopening plans in tatters as only 25% of pupils in England return
Only one in four children returned to schools in England last week, wrecking Boris Johnson’s ambitions for a phased reopening
Read moreEnglish schools’ return could lead to new surge, experts warn
Opening schools to more children from Monday could lead to a new surge of infections of Covid-19 in the community,
Read moreIt is reckless to reopen schools before it is safe
The government’s decision to push ahead with reopening schools on 1 June is reckless and dangerous. Britain still has the
Read morePM accepts some English primary schools may not return on 1 June
Boris Johnson is pressing ahead with plans to reopen schools on 1 June but moved to appease councils and teaching
Read moreTime for a government U-turn over shocking child poverty levels
If there is a consensus emerging from the awful coronavirus pandemic, it is this: it has shone a spotlight on
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