Chinnapong/Shutterstock
A new study reveals the extent of the COVID pandemic’s effect on headteachers, including high workloads, stress and exhaustion.
Stephen Plaster|Shutterstock
This service is a good first step towards a one-stop shop for easy access subnational statistics to understand local areas and how they’re changing.
PISA tests are taken every four years.
Keith Morris/Alamy
Pisa measures 15-year-olds in reading, maths and science every three years - but is that the best way to test an education system?
The ball game marker discovered in Chichén Itzá.
INAH
Ancient rituals and games possess characteristics like repetition, structure and the use of symbolic objects that aid students in understanding the world.
Lorena Fernandez/Shutterstock
Use props, break the problem down and stay positive.
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock
Childcare is increasingly expensive for parents – and staff are leaving the sector.
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock
School leaders fear they are facing bankruptcy.
Bizi88/Shutterstock
Higher fees might well be the best option.
Fewer students are getting their first choice of university than in 2021.
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock
The pandemic has has a serious impact on school pupils – but a record number have applied to university.
Eton College, founded in 1440, is the largest boarding school in England.
Shutterstock
The tax exemptions enjoyed by the UK’s charitable private schools are estimated to equate to 6% of England’s annual state school budget
ton koene / Alamy
Children often aren’t aware of how much has been lost in recent generations.
The pandemic has required teachers to constantly adapt the way they do their jobs.
PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
More hours of teaching might benefit children’s recovery in the short term but put teachers under dangerous pressure.
PE teachers need better training to ensure children with disabilities have as much access to school sports as their able-bodied peers.
Ladanifer / Alamy Stock Photo
Inclusive education has been promoted since the 1970s. But research shows children with disabilities are still excluded from school activities and sports in particular
A one-off incentive is a short-sighted fix for a long-standing problem.
Mark Waugh / Alamy Stock Photo
A one-off premium for moving to a challenging school, or another part of the country, is a lacklustre response to a big shortage. It’s also been tried before.
The government is keen for school teachers to learn on the job, as opposed to at university.
PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
Universities are responsible for the majority of teacher training and eduation in England. The government is set on shifting the focus to schools
A-level students at Archbishop Blanch School in Liverpool have lived through a year like no other.
PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
The way students have been marked has changed, but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve their grades.
Prasit Rodphan / Alamy Stock Photo
The pandemic completely disrupted normal school life. Being part of a multi-academies enabled schools to support their pupils, their staff and their communities.
Teachers have shown great resilience and adaptability in the face of COVID.
PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
Women are often drawn to teaching because of the supposed life-work balance. Extreme workloads and inflexible school structures means too many quit early.
Interacting with other children and educators outside of the family environment benefits children’s early development.
Andrew Fox / Alamy Stock Photo
From nursery closures to families self-isolating, COVID has disrupted children’s access to pre-school care. This impacts their development, and their parents’ ability to work
Every child has experienced the pandemic school closures in different ways.
Chris Strickland / Alamy Stock Photo
Academic progress seems to be the government’s primary concern. But school pupils have experienced lockdown learning – and losses – in a myriad ways