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Judge approves suicidal girl care plan

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The senior family court judge previously said society should be "ashamed" for not protecting the teenager.

  • 7 August 2017
  • From the section UK

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Children's online time 'like junk food'

The children's commissioner says parents should do more to stop young people bingeing on the internet.

  • 6 August 2017
  • From the section UK
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Schools 'wrapping pupils in cotton wool'

The chief inspector of schools says overzealous health and safety policies stop children developing.

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Shy holiday Britons 'point at menus'

MP probes childcare website glitches

UK universities need Brexit 'clarity'

Global education

How Canada became an education superpower

  • 2 August 2017
  • From the section Business

Top teacher fights for indigenous people

  • 26 July 2017
  • From the section Business

School funding not always linked to results

  • 12 July 2017
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Features & Analysis

Preparing for puberty

How are two of the UK's youngest trans children coping?

Nursery shuts its doors

'We weren't prepared to rip parents off'

Childhood consequences

How feelings of regret boost learning

School's out!

Should children study in the holidays?

  • 21 July 2017
  • From the section UK

Call me Passchendaele

Why a teenager is named after a WW1 battle

  • 21 July 2017
  • From the section UK

Borrowed time?

Why some say tuition fees are heading for the scrap heap

Sean Coughlan Education correspondent

Our Experts

Should there be comprehensive universities?

A report argues that universities should embrace the comprehensive principle and reject selection.

20 July 2017
Sean Coughlan Education correspondent

What now for grammar schools?

Theresa May's plans for a swathe of new schools have been ditched, but what does that mean for areas where selection remains?

27 June 2017
Branwen Jeffreys Education Editor

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