A survey has found that access to prestigious jobs in the UK for people from comprehensive schools has barely improved in a generation, raising serious questions about social mobility in the country. The military, medicine, politics, civil service, journalism, business, law, music, and the film industry are over-represented by former independent school pupils. Data from the education charity the Sutton …

Stoke-on-Trent is trying to radically improve maths standards in its schools, including by helping to pay off the tuition fees of maths teachers who come to work in the city. The maths project is aimed at improving the chances for young people growing up in a city where many traditional industries have declined. Local MP Tristram Hunt is working with …

The University of Surrey is at the centre of a multi-billion pound research race to find a phone network which will deliver Internet speeds 100 times quicker than the fastest current services. The campus university’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) is working with telecoms giants and other companies to discover the “fifth generation” of wireless technology and usher in the “Internet …

More than 40,000 pre-school children are missing out on free childcare promised by the Government, and the problem is set to worsen with many local authorities unable to provide enough places, according to a new report. The number of local authorities in England with insufficient places for three and four year olds has more than doubled in the past year, …

Nurseries have resisted fee hikes for the first time in eight years, amid fears they will price parents out of the market, a report claims. Average prices rose by inflation only, as providers in Britain realised they had reached a “crunch point”, the Family and Childcare Trust report says. Education and Childcare Minister Sam Gyimah said government investment had boosted …

The stranglehold former public-school pupils have on the UK’s top jobs has laid bare in a hard-hitting report out today. The study, by the Sutton Trust education charity, shows that virtually every key profession is dominated by privately educated pupils snaffling the senior jobs. Their grip on power is most noticeable in the judiciary, where 74 per cent of leading …

Zejd, centre, is learning sign language with his classmates An entire class of pupils in Bosnia are being taught sign language so they can communicate with a deaf classmate. Teacher Sanela Ljumanovic decided to help the children in her class at Sarajevo’s Osman Nakas primary school learn to sign, after noticing six-year-old Zejd Coralic had become isolated from his peers. It comes after …

One question has been playing on my mind for the past few weeks: does size matter to students? I’m thinking, of course, about whether the number of students enrolled at a university has a significant impact on the student experience. Does it affect the quality of their academic experience for better or worse? Does it make any difference to their …

Ministers insist the funding was ‘always intended to be temporary’ Getty The Government has been accused of “quietly” stopping funds for small schools struggling to provide children with free hot meals. Many smaller primary schools will suffer from the loss of the £32.5 million they received collectively as “additional support” for the financial demand of free school meals to all. While the Department of Education has said the …

Berlin has been named the top European university city for students from England due to lifestyle and the free tuition offered in Germany. Analysis of the cost of living, the quality of education, tuition fees and the English-taught courses on offer, concluded that the German city was the best place to study for students from England. The research ranks the …