The scribbled drawing of toddlers are being used by a council which is consulting the youngsters on their satisfaction with nursery life as part of a review of childcare provision.

Education Secretary Michael Gove has signalled his determination to make A-levels more academically rigorous.

Veteran rocker Mick Jagger is to take part in a charity scheme aimed at promoting education for underprivileged children.

Education Secretary Michael Gove has signalled his determination to make A-levels more academically rigorous, ensuring students are properly prepared for university.

People are living longer, taking more foreign holidays and staying in education longer compared with 40 years ago, according to a report.

In Yao v Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [2010] FCA 18, the Federal Court provided greater clarity on the role of notices of objection to competency under the Federal Court Rules (the Rules) in administrative law litigation.

Asking parents to take over the education system is a bit like asking the prime minister if he’s got time to run France as well September will see scores of parent-run schools opening up in houses and former shops, if Michael Gove has his way, as part of the government’s flagship education policy and the wider Conservative ethos of devolving power downwards, into the hands of lay people, and …

I have done everything ‘right’ to get education and work and a family. But I have woken up to discover I am society’s garbage As a social worker, I earned £21k pro rata down to 30 hours a week. I worked 30 hours a week contracted, and some weeks 20-30 more at home. I had a caseload of 18 children, many of whom were subject to child protection plans. The ones not subject to child protection plans …

It comes as no surprise that the Chief Inspector of Schools, Christine Gilbert, will not be renewing her contract as head of Ofsted, the education standards watchdog, when it expires next year.

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) – Providence Equity Partners is set to acquire Dutch childcare services firm Catalpa from Benelux-based private equity firm Bencis Capital Partners, banking sources said on Wednesday. The auction of the business has generated high levels of interest due to the popularity of the sector and Catalpa’s successful buy-and-build strategy, banking sources said previously. The …

Angry parents and staff today confronted management at Goldsmiths, University of London, to protest at the closure of the college nursery. Goldsmiths say the nursery facility, which offers childcare to staff and student parents, is to be closed in September in order to save money.

The new Government’s obsession with education risks repeating past “disasters” in child welfare, according to the former Children’s Commissioner.

Up to 500 London firefighters held a noisy vuvuzela trumpet protest outside a fire authority bosses’ meeting on Thursday of last week. The FBU union members say that the authority’s plans to change their shifts will put Londoners in danger and cause childcare chaos for firefighters.