A Norfolk maths teacher has been the subject of a furore on social networking site Twitter after he told a student to “just enjoy being 17″ instead of being stressed about grades.

Teacher Jonny Griffiths, a regular contributor to the… Continue reading →

More than 100 secondary schools in England face being closed and re-opened as academies for failing government targets, official data reveals.

League tables of more than 3,300 secondaries published by the Department for Education on Thursday show that 107 schools… Continue reading →

Britons ‘more dishonest than 10 years ago’, study finds

Britons are less honest than they were a decade ago, research by academics at the University of… Continue reading →

British children are growing up in an “destructive” society obsessed with the celebrity way of life and need to be taught to live within their means, an education minister has warned.

In an attack on contemporary values, Nick… Continue reading →

The “bleak” financial situation faced by the younger generation was laid bare today, as official figures showed that more people aged 25 to 34 are turning to a type of insolvency known as a debt relief order (DRO) than any… Continue reading →