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News and updates on primary and secondary schools in the UK and changes to education, teacher strikes, free school meals provision, exams and term times.

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Martin Lewis reveals clever trick to beat school holiday travel price hikes

Money January 29, 2025 By Jessica Lindsay

Full list of UK school closures after Storm Eowyn hits

UK January 24, 2025 By Jasper King

Schoolboy holding vapes in school

Warning over spice and ketamine-laced vapes being given to schoolchildren

UK January 22, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

BREAKING: A shooting incident is under investigation at Antioch High School. Three people have been wounded, including the suspect, who shot himself. Reunification site for parents is 3754 M'boro Pk. Buses will be taking students there.

Three students wounded in high school cafeteria shooting

US January 23, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Charlotte Lewington: my brother died when I was 6 - bullies at school said I made it up

My brother died – but I couldn't convince people to believe me

Lifestyle January 20, 2025 By Charlotte Lewington

Teacher 'who had child with boy, 13, busted when his dad noticed similarities'

US January 17, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Headteacher and his deputy who took £250,000 from special needs school are barred

UK January 17, 2025 By Sam Courtney-Guy

School installs CCTV in student toilets after 'anti-social' behaviour

UK January 9, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

People walk in the snow as it covers roads in Buxton, Britain, January 9, 2025. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Full list of UK school closures and delayed openings after snow and ice warnings

UK January 10, 2025 By Tom Sanders

Teacher hacked colleague's phone to try and send intimate video to himself

UK January 9, 2025 By Danny Rigg

GLENSHEE, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 07: Skier seen at Glenshee Ski Centre on January 07, 2025 in Glenshee, United Kingdom. The Met Office has issued weather warnings as a cold snap sweeps across the UK, bringing bouts of ice, snow, and rain. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Full list of UK school closures and delayed openings after snow and ice warnings

UK January 9, 2025 By Tom Sanders

My family won the lottery and this is the dark side to being suddenly very rich

World January 8, 2025 By Gethin Hicks

A teacher who held up a butter knife to a colleague's throat threatening to 'slash' her has been banned from ever re-entering the classroom following a misconduct hearing. David Crawford worked at Fishburn Primary School, near Stockton, when he assaulted a woman teacher by holding a knife up to her throat on May 4, 2020. Summarising the conduct at a virtual hearing, presenting officer for the Teacher Regulation Agency (TRA) Adam Slack, said Mr Crawford assaulted the colleague on school grounds.

Teacher banned from classroom for life after holding knife to colleague's throat

UK January 7, 2025 By Tom Sanders

GLENSHEE, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 07: Skier seen at Glenshee Ski Centre on January 07, 2025 in Glenshee, United Kingdom. The Met Office has issued weather warnings as a cold snap sweeps across the UK, bringing bouts of ice, snow, and rain. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Full list of UK school closures and delayed openings after snow and ice warnings

UK January 8, 2025 By Tom Sanders

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock (15075404a) A man uses ski poles while running in Manchester, Britain, on Jan. 5, 2025. Heavy rain and snow swept across Britain and Ireland overnight, causing travel disruptions and power cuts, with weather warnings in place on Sunday. The Met Office has issued an amber warning for snow and several yellow warnings for snow and ice, covering most of England, Scotland and Wales. Britain Manchester Snow - 05 Jan 2025

Full list of UK school closures after snow causes chaos across country

UK January 7, 2025 By Tom Sanders

Boy, 4, hit and killed by school bus on first day back from holiday break

Boy, 4, hit and killed by school bus on first day back from holiday break

US January 3, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Former Head pictured.

Ex-primary school headteacher avoids ban after calling pupil a 'fat slug'

UK January 3, 2025 By Jasper King

?I?m a former special agent and this is the case which surprised me the most?

‘I’m a former special agent and this case surprised me the most’

US December 30, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson

Cheeky schoolboy caught biting his toenails during school nativity play

UK December 24, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

Classic novel removed from GCSE list because it is 'psychologically damaging'

UK December 24, 2024 By Tom Sanders

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