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April 2026

  • Lola Okolosie

    I was wrong about the danger of smartphones in schools. It’s far, far worse than I thought

    Lola Okolosie
    The new ban in England should be welcomed. But teachers like me know that enforcement is time-consuming – and even, sometimes, dangerous, says English teacher Lola Okolosie

February 2026

  • Pupils raise their hands to answer a teacher’s question

    Why smaller class sizes are not always the answer

  • Children in a classroom

    What is the new gender guidance for schools and colleges in England?

December 2025

  • Students in classroom raising their hand

    Schools urged to trial four-day week to ease pressure on teachers in England and Wales

    Advocacy group tells education secretary ‘working smarter’ can protect staff wellbeing and help students

September 2025

  • GCSE school pupils sitting exams in a school hall

    Our outdated education system feels viscerally wrong

    Letters: The sausage machine of schooling forbids second chances and assumes homogeneity, says one parent. Plus a letter from Denis McVey

July 2025

  • The 2 Mr.P’s<br>For Guardian G2 Paula Cocozza interview. Pictured are brothers Adam(left) and Lee Parkinson in Manchester who are both teachers and have a podcast called The 2 Mr.P’s. They are pictured in St.Paul’s Primary school in Salford, Manchester where Adam works. Photo by Fabio De Paola

    The two Mr Ps on life in the classroom: ‘I’ve worked with teachers who have been hit or kicked’

    In their popular podcast, the brothers talk about all the hidden horrors and hilarity of teaching – from burnout to bad behaviour, stress, trolling and a constant stream of embarrassing incidents ...

April 2025

  • A clock and old school desk with paper and pencils on top of it.

    Extra exam time: why do so many schoolkids suddenly need it?

    Every year, more pupils are granted special ‘access arrangements’ to give them a fairer chance in GCSEs, A-levels and other exams. But with more than 600,000 arrangements in England alone, can the schools keep up? And are some students gaming the system?

March 2025

  • Mossbourne Fobbing Academy, Southend Road (postcode SS178JT), Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex. 21/2/25

    ‘Pupils are in fear every day’: parents raise concerns about new schools run by top UK academy

    Emergency meeting called over strictness of discipline at Essex schools run by Mossbourne Federation

January 2025

  • David Higginbotham

    Other lives
    David Higginbotham obituary

    Other lives: Teacher for more than 50 years at King’s College school, Cambridge
  • A 4th-century funerary mosaic with Latin text

    Axing the Latin excellence scheme: a classic mistake

    Letters: Senior academics call for a government rethink on scrapping the Latin excellence programme
  • A New Start After 60. Jean Ward, who had a diagnosis of ADHD in her seventies. She lives in Shrewsbury.

    A new start after 60
    A new start after 60: I was diagnosed with ADHD – and stopped hating myself

    After decades of self-doubt and depression, I’ve finally found my place in the world

November 2024

  • A female teacher in a classroom with pupils

    Schools in England boost maternity pay to stem exodus of female teachers in their 30s

    Sector faces ‘catastrophic loss’ as more than 9,000 thirtysomething women leave state education in a year

September 2024

  • Daniel Kebede at a teachers' strike with flags that read 'pay up'

    Teachers in England vote overwhelmingly to accept pay rise offer

  • A small group of babies play with toys on the floor of a nursery

    Major fears over Labour’s nursery plan for 9-month-olds in schools

July 2024

  • Rupert Lowe seated at a press conference table

    Reform UK MP accused of mounting ‘witch-hunt’ against local teachers

    Rupert Lowe says he has list of schools in Great Yarmouth who ‘pushed’ criticism of hard-right party to pupils

June 2024

  • An adult hands a plate of sausage and egg to a child

    Eight in 10 primary teachers in England spending own money to help pupils

    Increasing numbers of children hungry and lack adequate clothing, with two-thirds of secondary teachers also supporting pupils

April 2024

  • Teacher with two pupils

    One in three teachers have no behaviour support for pupils with additional needs, poll finds

    Long waiting lists and insufficient resources part of system that is ‘failing’ children, according to NEU members in England and Wales

March 2024

  • Kenan Malik

    What a teacher in hiding can tell us about our failure to tackle intolerance

    Kenan Malik
  • Ian Mackintosh

    Other lives
    Ian Mackintosh obituary

January 2024

  • A picture of Ruth Perry’s whose death has prompted Ofsted to make a ‘fresh start’.

    Ofsted bows to pressure and halts inspections after Ruth Perry’s suicide

    New leader Martyn Oliver says he will heed unions’ call, after coroner ruled inspection had contributed to headteacher’s death
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