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Schools told not to teach ‘i before e’

The mantra that helped generations of children to spell is confusing and irrelevant, according to government guidelines

Call for universities to abolish lectures

Wes Streeting, president of the National Union of Students, says virtual learning environments should replace lectures

Bogus colleges loophole left open by IT delay

Checks on whether students from outside the EU are attending courses will not be operating until the end of the year

Pupils coordinating false teacher claims on web

Teaching unions claim number of baseless allegations on the rise as hundreds of careers are left in tatters every year

Think-tank criticises ‘sat-nav’-style A levels

Research suggests that students are guided unthinkingly through A levels and quickly forget what they have learnt

One in six 18-year-old has no job or training

The overall number of Neets, 16 to 18-year-olds not in education, employment or training, now stands at almost 208,000

University clearing places cut by two thirds

Two thirds of A-level students who would normally get into university through clearing will miss out on a place this year

Era of easy access to university may be over

A glut of 18-year-olds and overseas applicants plus high unemployment and cuts in places mean intense competition for university

Delay last primary school test, say Tories

Shadow minister Michael Gove wants to move last key stage test for primary pupils to their first year of secondary education

Sorry, girls, you only think you’re brighter than boys

Studies suggest girls are striding ahead in education, but Richard Woods finds there is cause for male optimism

No place like home

The government wants to regulate home schooling amid child welfare concerns. But do parents know best

Royal Opera House to build Essex visitor park

The planned £60m production park will offer Hollywood-style 'backlot' tours and house a skills and training academy

Head doubles earnings by running school spa

Greg Martin has become Britain’s highest paid primary teacher and receives more than £155,000 in salary and fees

Lecturers slammed for ‘poor English’

Economics students at Kingston University say some academics’ accents are so heavy many of their words are incomprehensible

‘It just makes things worse’

Most children see the odd school holiday as a rare treat. But for Jaheen, a recent day off meant business as usual

Thousands being excluded from primary school

Research by The Times has revealed the extent to which children of infant-school age are being expelled or suspended

Teachers, your country needs you

MI5 looks in Times Educational Supplement for recruits

Pupil sues school over drunken fall from window

Oundle School is being sued by a former pupil who was permanently disabled following a drunken fall from a window

Parents to trigger school inspections

Teachers’ leaders and parents groups criticised the introduction of annual parent surveys