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MPs are to debate plans which will require schools to give unbiased advice about course options.

The state should "back off" and allow charities or parents to run schools, the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg will say.

Could anger over a potentially low pay settlement prompt a year of industrial action in schools?

A County Antrim school asks a judge to back its decision to suspend a pupil who refused to cut his hair.

Hello everyone,

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. I'd like to wish Dan, Amy and Dom good luck in any exams that you will be taking this year. I do hope that I will get some time to pop in but I am not sure about my term dates and yours.
Big hugs to all of you

jo x

State school pupils could be put off Oxbridge because of teachers' misconceptions, an educational charity says.

Rising numbers of foreign students enrolled at UK universities last year while British entries were static.

Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet the government's GCSE target but things are improving.

A grammar school which had been under threat of closure seems increasingly likely to remain open.

Children born in August should be able to defer starting school by six months or a year, says Ed Balls.

The government survives a vote trying to block its plans to cut funding from graduates taking a second degree.

Classes in basic etiquette are being taught at an independent school to prepare them for adult life.

Sorry I am a bit late for the Advent calendar, I was away on holiday without internet access (a real holiday!).

But Happy New Year from "Down Under"
Mark

Parents in England are to be promised online "real-time reporting" on their children's progress at school.

Children should spend more time reading and less time playing on computers, the Children's Secretary says.

Almost half the colleges checked on an official list of providers for overseas students are struck off.

There are calls from the Conservatives to stop the removal of student funding for second degree courses.

Universities say choosing 'soft' subjects at A-level can narrow a student's chances of getting on a top course.

Almost half of secondary pupils have their own computer and 77% are online every day, says a survey.