Education

MATHS and physics teachers in Yorkshire & the Humber will be paid an extra £2,000 during the early years of their classroom careers in a bid to stem the flow of new teachers leaving the industry.

School librarians are more important than ever in an age of misinformation, literacy leaders have warned, helping students navigate in a world of technology.

Over-worked Council staff are struggling to keep vulnerable children safe and some are spending their own money buying food and clothing for young people, unions have said.

A television vicar best known for her appearances on Gogglebox is to call on teachers to “rediscover their passion” in a keynote address at a major industry conference in Leeds.

An historic school’s rich history, beginning with the tale of its founding father, is being curated for the community as it marks its 150th anniversary.

A quality of education is much broader than results, Ofsted’s regional director has warned, after a drive away from “teaching to the test” was confirmed in its new inspection framework.

Delegates at a major conference have been told that scientific advances are providing a long term boost for Britain’s economy.

A tiny village school facing closure in coming months is reaching out to alumni for a celebration of its history, perhaps for the final time.

TEACHERS risk piling pressure on children by simply asking pupils how they are feeling about their impending exams, the head of Ofsted has warned.

Families in very different scenarios are all being put under the same banner of home education, whether they choose that path or feel forced into it. Laura Drysdale reports.

Yorkshire carers are urged to "make a real difference to a child’s life" and become one of the 910 new foster families needed in the region over the next year.

School break times in England have shrunk dramatically over the past two decades, according to a new study from University College London.

A secondary school in the region has been praised for its exam results by Schools Minister Nick Gibb who has written to commend its “commitment” to a broad curriculum for all, and in particular for languages.

WHEN hundreds of headteachers take to Westminster to demonstrate against the funding crisis in our schools as they did last year, you know something has gone seriously wrong.