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Rachel Sylvester
School system is creating a ‘wasted generation’ which is unprepared for work

Sat 28 Mar 2026

School system is creating a ‘wasted generation’ which is unprepared for work
Letters to the editor
School-ready children? Ask a health visitor

Sun 22 Mar 2026

School-ready children? Ask a health visitor
Brett Wigdortz
A child who doesn’t know how to play won’t know how to learn

Sun 15 Mar 2026

A child who doesn’t know how to play won’t know how to learn
Rachel Sylvester
Teachers are being forced to parent children as Britain faces school readiness crisis

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Teachers are being forced to parent children as Britain faces school readiness crisis
Patricia Clarke
AI is inventing academic articles – and scholars are citing them

Tue 10 Mar 2026

AI is inventing academic articles – and scholars are citing them
John Simpson
Viral memes fuel hysteria over school fight clubs

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Viral memes fuel hysteria over school fight clubs
Fred Harter
Labour has taken radical steps to overhaul the Send system. But not everyone will feel included

Wed 25 Feb 2026

Labour has taken radical steps to overhaul the Send system. But not everyone will feel included
Rachel Sylvester
Reforms will give Send pupils ‘support bases’ in every secondary school

Sun 22 Feb 2026

Reforms will give Send pupils ‘support bases’ in every secondary school
The Observer leader
Save our students

Sun 15 Feb 2026

Save our students
Rachel Sylvester
Up to half of school exams ‘on screen within a decade’, says board chief

Fri 13 Feb 2026

Up to half of school exams ‘on screen within a decade’, says board chief
Emma Haslett
Cambridge fund gives £4m boost to spinouts

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Cambridge fund gives £4m boost to spinouts
Elif Shafak
Jules Verne’s dystopia was a world without humanities. Don’t let it come true

Thu 5 Feb 2026

Jules Verne’s dystopia was a world without humanities. Don’t let it come true
Catherine Neilan
Young Labour MPs team up to force chancellor’s hand on student loans

Sun 1 Feb 2026

Young Labour MPs team up to force chancellor’s hand on student loans
Rachel Sylvester
Paul Nurse: ‘We are putting barriers in the way of getting the most talented scientists’

Fri 2 Jan 2026

Paul Nurse: ‘We are putting barriers in the way of getting the most talented scientists’
Vanessa Thorpe
Allegations against predatory tutors reveal an ‘endemic’ culture of abuse at conservatoires

Mon 29 Dec 2025

Allegations against predatory tutors reveal an ‘endemic’ culture of abuse at conservatoires
Martha Gill
Libraries are essential to help us navigate the world

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Libraries are essential to help us navigate the world
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Private schools charging councils £250k for each Send pupil

Sat 13 Dec 2025

Private schools charging councils £250k for each Send pupil
Sam Freedman
Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education

Sat 29 Nov 2025

Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education
Denise Lewis
Denise Lewis: our bid for the World Athletics Championships

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Denise Lewis: our bid for the World Athletics Championships

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