Inquiry into headteacher’s suicide says ‘macho culture’ of inspections must end
Other lives
Hilary Hester Ives obituary
Ampleforth inquiry finds alleged serious abuse against pupils in last 10 years
School heads urge Labour to continue funding national tutoring scheme
School can be brutal. Congratulations to anyone who has just made it through another year
Adrian Chiles
Reform UK MP accused of mounting ‘witch-hunt’ against local teachers
Former girls’ school in London to reopen as pioneering youth hub
Students under near constant surveillance at Exclusive Brethren-linked schools, insiders claim
My home town: how Chesterfield changed under Conservative rule
Five key workers on how Labour can fix Britain, from the NHS to prisons
Girl who died in Wirral school bus crash was wearing seatbelt, inquest hears
Trump and Project 2025 are attacking the Department of Education. How might they reshape US schools?
We now know the shocking effects of screen time on teens - but smartphone bans aren’t the answer
Devi Sridhar
Met police to review investigation of deadly car crash at Wimbledon school
‘Unambitious’, ‘careful’, ‘authentic’: what public sector workers make of Keir Starmer
‘Here comes the sun’: Zadie Smith on hope, trepidation and rebirth after 14 years of the Tories
After 15 years away I moved back to the UK fearing the worst. What I found startled me
Gillian Harvey
June 2024
South Carolina implements one of US’s most restrictive public school book bans
Education department led by Moms for Liberty ally drafts regulation requiring all reading be ‘developmentally appropriate’
The Hartlepool headteacher trying to find beds for 10,000 sleep-deprived pupils
Tees Valley project is hoping to help 10,000 children whose ability to learn is suffering as a result of bed poverty
Message to Labour: don’t tax school fees. Make private schools work for the public good
Simon Jenkins
Finding a balance between privatisation and nationalisation has defied past governments – the party must make this its mission, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
