The mother of Henry Webster, the boy who was attacked by a group of Asian youths explains how the review has shown how the school was at fault.

A school where a boy was attacked with a hammer failed to recognise a series of racist incidents prior to the assault, a serious case review finds.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has unveiled plans for a squeeze on public funding for scientific research.

Asian families battle to retain mother tongue in schools

Cambridge University has come top of an international university rankings table, knocking Harvard of the top spot for the first time since 2004.

Business Secretary Vince Cable says "the bar will have to be raised" on science funding

Hundreds of schools in England have had their plans for refurbishment put on hold after the coalition government cancelled a rebuilding programme.

Digital technology must be a "national priority" in UK universities, says an industry and university task force.

Vice-chancellors warn that the traditional university experience could become the preserve of an elite.

The experimental class where hands-up are banned

UK gets first Sikh temple school

A report suggests two-thirds of UK students would be put off university by fees of £7,000 a year.

The UK is slipping behind international rivals in university places, according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Some schools in the UK are teaching their pupils languages like Mandarin and Arabic rather than the more traditional French and Spanish.

The number of foreign students let into the UK is "unsustainable", minister Damian Green says in his first major speech on immigration.

A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.

The suspicious object was left in the playground of St Comgall's Primary School and picked up by an eight -year-old pupil.

Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".

The first 16 'free schools' to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove.

Education Secretary Gove says there will be initially only 16 "free schools" in England set up despite 700 expressions of interest.