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  • Friday, 3 February, 2023
    Lucy Heller
    Teachers’ strike lays bare the heartbreaking plight of schools

    When disadvantaged pupils fall behind, the untapped potential is not just a moral disaster but an economic one too

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK braced for biggest strike day since 2011 as ministers resist pay rises

    Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers set to walk out on Wednesday in co-ordinated action

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    Teachers’ strike exposes deficiencies in Britain’s education system

    Achievement, attendance and recruitment levels fail to recover from Covid’s battering

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK braced for biggest day of strikes this winter

    Workers from rail, teaching and university sectors to walk out on February 1 in co-ordinated action over pay

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    ChatGPT will force school exams out of the dark ages

    Too much of our testing regime still remains fixated on being able to regurgitate information

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Teachers in England and Wales vote to strike over pay

    Biggest education union announces seven days of walkouts in February and March

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Claer Barrett
    Why do Brits hate maths? Go figure

    Poor numeracy is a problem, but Rishi Sunak needs to show his workings for compulsory maths until age 18

  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    England’s teachers warn extra funding needed to make maths compulsory until 18

    Educators welcome government plans but say without investment proposal is ‘unachievable’

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    IB TOK class - Simon Schama: art versus the tyrants

    The arts, History

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Economics class: Scotland top-rate tax rises widen gap with rest of UK

    Taxation

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Business class: Mars convinces emerging market consumers to eat more chocolate

    Global marketing

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Politics class: Extinction Rebellion abandons disruptive climate protests in UK

    Pressure groups

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Politics class: The inside story of Liz Truss’s disastrous 44 days in office

    Prime Minister and Cabinet

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Philosophy class: Can Just Stop Oil make the case for protest?

    Moral philosophy

  • Friday, 23 December, 2022
    The Weekend Essay
    Lucy Kellaway’s lessons on life from moving to the North East

    Six months after relocating from London, the former FT columnist has a new perspective on what really matters

  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    Ian Benson
    Mathematics education in the UK does not add up

    If we are going to reskill the workforce, we must start with delivering in schools

  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    Staff shortages hitting education in England, says Ofsted

    Nurseries forced to close and class sizes growing in schools and colleges, finds inspectorate

  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Why is personal finance not being taught more in schools?

    British schools face barriers to keeping cash management classes on curriculum, despite students’ desire to learn

  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    UK Health Security Agency
    UK considers precautionary antibiotics for children as Strep A cases rise

    Schools minister says health agency ‘working closely with schools’ after increase in scarlet fever infections

  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    Stephen Bush
    Private schools are an easy target for Labour, but not a risk-free one

    Removing the VAT exemption is harder than it looks, and may backfire if it prompts scrutiny of the party’s tax-raising plans

  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    Failure to meet teacher training targets set to hit English schools

    Staff shortages emerge in key subjects as recruitment slumps, with science among worst affected

  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Ever more diverse country makes for a dynamic political divide

    Labour’s pledge to scrap charity status for private schools hints at its limitations in upholding broader tax promises

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Starmer calls on Sunak to end ‘scandal’ of tax breaks for private schools

    UK prime minister defends support for VAT exemption as Labour argues money should be put to ‘good use’

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    Natalie Perera
    Ofsted could do better when it comes to marking schools harshly

    Institutions coping with the impact of social problems on children are more likely to be found wanting by inspectors

  • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK universities and Scottish schools hit by strike action over pay and pensions

    Historic walkouts come as unions call for ‘meaningful’ pay rises amid mounting strain across education system

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