Despite the government funding £150 million a year on PE and sport premium funding, research revealed by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) has shown that 38 per cent of primary schools have a poor provision of play equipment.

A new History GCSE syllabus from exam board AQA will for the first time include topics covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan alongside the more familiar topics of Elizabethan England and the World Wars.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to support the construction of seven new secondary schools within the Home Counties, as part of the second wave of the government's Priority School Building Programme (PSBP).

Schools across the UK are to receive new advice to improve the understanding and teaching of mental health, in an attempt to tackle the stigma surrounding the subject in schools.

A report conducted by the CfBT Trust and the British Council has discovered that the number of students pursuing language education post GCSE was a cause for concern.