Education News
- ‘Children are naturally drawn to beauty’: the head of the ‘Issey Miyake’ preschool on their pleated uniforms October 14, 2026Ms Lam Montessori’s head of school reveals teachers wear a different Japanese designer after their chic clothes drew online envy“Does anyone know what the deal is Ms Lam Montessori … and why all their employees wear Issey Miyake … every day … I’m confused and a bit jealous,” asked one commenter on the Williamsburg subreddit […]Hannah Marriott
- Stop making sense: focus on sounds to help learn a language, study suggests October 13, 2026Research shows that the best linguists process unfamiliar foreign speech sounds more like non-speech soundsIf you want to get really good at French, Arabic or Hungarian, don’t start with rote learning vocabulary and grammar, focus on how they sound instead, research suggests.A new study of how humans learn modern languages has found that the brains […]Anna Bawden
- Bacon, eggs and Bowie: how year 12 English students tackled ‘human strength and vulnerability’ in HSC paper October 13, 2026Tens of thousands of high school students across New South Wales sit the first test of their final examsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“How does the composer of your prescribed text offer you opportunities to examine assumptions about human strength and vulnerability?”This was the bamboozling English question tens of thousands […]Nick Visser
- English councils warn of ‘catastrophic’ Send debts forecast to hit £10bn by 2028 October 12, 2026Surge in EHCP applications poses risk to public finances and may lead to deteriorating levels of supportCouncils are warning of potentially “catastrophic” debts, which are forecast to reach a record £10bn over the next 18 months, as a result of rapid growth in demand for special educational needs and disability (Send) support in English schools.Although […]Patrick Butler and Richard Adams
- Deadline review – shocking threat sends tremors through authoritarian school October 12, 2026Set in a dystopian private academy rife with surveillance and cut-throat competition, Kiwi Chow’s gripping drama cements his status as an important film-makerFilmed in Taiwan and set entirely inside a prestigious high school, Kiwi Chow’s gripping drama frames educational systems not merely as a preparation for the real world but as a microcosm of society […]Phuong Le
- Monday briefing: What will it take to turn around our struggling education system? October 12, 2026In today’s newsletter: With attendance and engagement declining and growing pressure on pastoral care, helping young people rediscover their love for learning requires a new lesson planGood morning. I’m back, but don’t get too excited. I’ll just be making guest appearances here and there.Now, on to children, who – if the steady stream of warnings […]Aamna Mohdin
- Retrofit schools and consider moving exams to beat extreme heat, says teaching union leader October 11, 2026NEU’s Daniel Kebede says earlier start times and longer summer breaks may be needed to help pupils and teachersSchools should consider changing start and finish times, reordering holidays and moving exams from the summer months in an effort to adapt to the UK’s increasingly severe heatwaves, according to the leader of the country’s biggest education […]Matthew Taylor
- Angry French students take to the streets. British students don’t – and I think I know why | Kitty Sayers October 10, 2026I grew up in France, where all children are taught about the revolutionary roots of their nation and what the state owes its citizens. The lessons leave their markYoung British people have plenty to be angry about. Crushing student debt, private-school privilege, a housing market they can’t enter. Yet unlike their French counterparts, they have […]Kitty Sayers
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