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Why are women getting so many more university places than men? If trends continue, women will be 75% more likely than men to get a degree, research suggests.

We are pleased to introduce to Gary, the newest member of the growing Kent Teaching Solutions team.

The Perfect Packed Lunch Awards asks primary school children to design a genuine or fantasy packed lunch by incorporating their art and literacy skills.

An analysis of primary school test results in England suggests that successful schools are not likely to improve when they become academies.

Kent County Council will rightly celebrate the primary school allocation figures below, sent out today. For even with an additional 591 Kent children in the system above 2015’s figure, the number of children being offered their first choice school has leapt up by 762 to 87.2% of the total number of applications , a record over at least the past six years. In addition, whilst the number of children offered no school of their choice fell to 606, down by 118, also down for the second consecutive year, to 3.4%, again the lowest figure for at least six years.

There is a risk plans to turn all state schools in England into academies will not raise school standards, a group representing 37 largely Conservative local authorities has warned.

The schools minister has been forced to cancel a national spelling test for England’s primary schools, after a teacher spotted it had already been published online as a practice paper.

The poorest people are losing out on places at the best primary schools in England, research suggests on the day parents receive news of allocations.

Olympic golden girl Lizzy Yarnold inspired a generation when she returned to her secondary school to open its new sports hall.