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Big secondary schools should be broken up into smaller units, a report from teachers says.

Glasgow council is urged to stop pupils leaving school at lunchtime to keep them away from junk food.

A Sikh teenager who has refused to stop wearing a religious bangle to school is excluded for a third time.

The Conservatives accuse the government of planning to backtrack on support for academy schools.

A grammar school under threat of closure could opt out of local authority control and take on trust status.

The bullying of children with disabilities is not being taken seriously enough, says learning disability charity.

Giving children drugs for ADHD works no better than doing nothing in the long-term, according to a BBC report.

Diplomas are at risk of being seen as second-best - and their implementation is too rushed, warns a report.

A British Council survey suggests 11 to 16-year-olds in the UK have relatively low international awareness.

A campaign to encourage more black youngsters to apply to Oxford gets Rev Jesse Jackson's backing.

A Cambridge University chief expresses concern over claims A-levels have been dumbed down.

Sub-standard teachers should be sacked to make way for better colleagues, an education expert suggests.

Mike Baker considers the government plans to compel pupils to stay at school until the age of 18.

Private schools account for a growing proportion of secondary education in England, statistics show.

After school clubs in deprived areas are being closed down because parents cannot afford to pay.

An infant school must fund its own expansion despite government promises to help good schools grow.

More than 15,000 children in Northern Ireland have sat the first of this year's 11-plus transfer tests.

Nearly one in three teachers in England is keen to become a head teacher one day, research suggests.

David Cameron backs the idea of co-operatives running schools in England.