Education News
- Primary schools to lose out as Labour scraps 2012 Olympic legacy sports grant May 22, 2026Replacement scheme worth about 40% less than current funding greeted with scepticism by headteachersFunding for primary school sport in England is to be cut by Labour, including the abolition of a grant designed to cement the 2012 Olympic legacy, to the dismay of school leaders.The Department for Education (DfE) said that the £320m fund paid […]Richard Adams Education editor
- Soft power sell-off: anger as British Council announces sale of historic Madrid building May 22, 2026Backlash grows among European staff against radical cuts to pay off Covid-era debt, with some accusing council of ‘colonial attitude’The historic Palacete building at 31 Paseo del General Martínez Campos in Madrid’s upmarket Chamberí district has been home to the British Council in Spain for about 70 years.About 5,000 students each year pass through its […]Caroline Davies
- Meta settles major social media addiction lawsuit with school district May 21, 2026Kentucky is one of about 1,200 school districts across the US that have each sued Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTubeMeta agreed to settle a major lawsuit on Thursday with a school district in Kentucky over claims that its social networks are designed to be addictive, leading to harm in children. The settlement comes less than […]Dara Kerr
- ‘It’s put the joy levels up’: the flood-prone London school with a climate-adapted playground May 21, 2026When pupils could no longer play outside, St John’s school in Barnet decided to act, enlisting Trees for Cities to help rethink its outside spaceThe play area at St John’s Church of England primary in Barnet, north London, used to flood so severely it was often unusable. “It would get so bad that the children […]Tom Duggins
- Struggling with the nine times table? I have a failsafe method | Adrian Chiles May 21, 2026Apparently, nines are the hardest to grasp for primary school children. If only they’d learned how to cheat like meMaths was never my thing. I quite enjoyed it at O-level, to the extent that I chose to do it at A-level. As early as the first week of the A-level course, however, it became abundantly […]Adrian Chiles
- Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser May 21, 2026Ban social media and reform education to tackle scandal of young people not in work or study, says Peter HymanSchools have become a “pipeline” to worklessness for a large cohort of young people in the UK, according to an influential former Labour adviser who has called for urgent action to help a “lost generation”.Peter Hyman, […]Alexandra Topping and Richard Partington
- British Council staff in Italy to strike over proposed 80% workforce cut May 20, 2026Soft power institution faces funding crisis linked to Covid-era government loan due to be repaid by SeptemberStaff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts that would slash about 80% of its workforce due to a funding crisis facing the organisation.Out of 130 of its teaching staff across Rome, Milan […]Caroline Davies
- Harvard College will limit the number of students who can receive A grades May 20, 2026Mandatory cap on top grades at one of America’s most prestigious colleges will go into effect in fall of 2027Harvard faculty has voted to impose a roughly 20% cap on A grades in an effort to curb decades of grade inflation that, the faculty argues, degrades the value of top-tier academic achievement at the college.The […]Edward Helmore
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