5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (289+ words) Tuesday 8 September 2026 The fact that pupils in England are now among the top-performing group worldwide for reading, mathematics and science is, of course, to be celebrated. It is a significant achievement, particularly set against a backdrop of a global fall…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1377+ words) Monday 31 August 2026 Chrisitine and Richard Lock who are now campaigning for an earlier diagnosis for ADHD after their son Matty Lock took his own life aged 19. It’s sometimes said that the best way to find out what a government fears…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1654+ words) Sunday 30 August 2026 In the cafe, one pupil started waving a porn magazine at her. It was a brief provocation, inappropriate but ultimately harmless, and Gareth’s friends soon tired of their game and sloped off back to school. But Gareth, which…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (516+ words) Tuesday 25 August 2026 Teenagers deciding whether they want to apply to university (and if so, where) have vast amounts of information at their disposal. Increasingly, that includes information on what their earnings prospects might be after graduating from different courses and…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (507+ words) Sunday 23 August 2026 As the son of a bus driver, I know firsthand why buses matter so much. As a kid, my brothers and I spent many a weekend on the top deck of my dad’s bus, watching the streets of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (344+ words) Thursday 20 August 2026 There was a simple solution. All children were given a vision test in reception and those who needed spectacles were automatically given two pairs – one to take home and one to keep in class. Teachers were also told…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (192+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 Illustration by Chris Riddell for The Observer None of which excuses for one moment the hounding of Jason Arday, found dead on Friday a few days after standing down as the youngest Black professor in…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (416+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 Malcolm Press, president of Universities UK and vice-chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, which has one of the country’s largest first-generation student populations, put it simply when I spoke to him: “University gives those students social…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1019+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 In the days leading up to his death, people who spoke to former Cambridge professor Jason Arday said he felt hugely distressed over the unrelenting scrutiny of his life and “didn’t see a way back…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (275+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 Two weeks ago, following a conversation with Jason Arday, Professor Simon Baron-Cohen posted a message on X. The psychologist said he was “very concerned” about the impact of media coverage on his friend, who had…...