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  • Eton Schoolboys, Eton School, Eton, Berkshire, UK

    Eton among elite private schools set to cash in on windfall from new VAT rules

    VAT-registered schools will be able to claim refunds for tax paid on capital projects over past 10 years
  • Keir Starmer walking past wind turbines

    The Starmer story so far: what has Labour done in its first 100 days?

  • Children sitting in a classroom

    UK academies ‘very sorry’ for policies saying pupils must attend when unwell

  • Private faith schools in UK lobby for VAT exemption on fees under £7,690

  • How to put your phone down and get back into habit of reading books

  • ‘They don’t just fall out of trees’: Nobel awards highlight Britain’s AI pedigree

  • ‘He’s having fun!’: why children should be encouraged to play with mud

  • Dining across the divide: ‘I’m not 100% sure I would be against corporal punishment in schools’

  • Teachers regularly helping pupils in distress in attempt to fill NHS funding gap

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In depth

  • Girls playing flag footbal

    ‘The Taylor effect is helping us massively’: UK’s flag footballers aim for Olympic glory

  • An empty primary school classroom.

    ‘The community is in the fabric of the building’: as UK pupil numbers fall, what will happen to empty schools?

    The exodus of young families from some areas amid rising housing and childcare costs has left empty buildings
  • Families pull their children out of school because they feel they aren’t getting the support they need.

    ‘I felt absolutely lost’: the crisis behind the rising number of UK children being homeschooled

    Anxiety is the most common reason why parents choose to take pupils out of school
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Opinion

  • Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson perch on a school table, with parents and a toddler in the foreground.

    The Observer view on early years education: Labour must find the money to address the attainment gap

  • Mom and her three kids looking at an ipad together

    The Guardian view on the other influencers: a golden era for science education

  • Peter Mandelson

    Universities are in a hole: linking student fees to inflation is the fairest way forward

    Peter Mandelson
  • A teacher standing at a whiteboard as several pupils observe a lesson and raise their hands

    Curriculum restrictions in US public schools hurt teachers and students alike

    Stacey Abrams and Randi Weingarten
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