The number of exclusions at a Brixton school has dramatically dropped since the introduction of a basketball academy led by former NBA star Luol Deng.

Sharon Hodgson, shadow minister for children, has accused the government of ’quietly’ cutting the funding supplied to small struggling schools to provide free hot meals, meaning almost 3,000 primaries will struggle to offer the servic

Magnus Bashaarat, head of Milton Abbey Independent School, has called upon independent schools to give equal prominence to vocational qualifications as they do A-levels.

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has criticised careers education in schools, claiming that a lack of funding has resulted in a ‘fragmented’ careers advice system.

Improvements in state schools mean that many parents who could afford private education are instead choosing the state sector, according to the Good Schools Guide.