A major review of the English, maths and science curriculum will be launched if the Conservatives win the next general election.

The school day should be lengthened to help "latchkey kids" who are left alone after school while parents work, a study on deprivation recommends.

Children are becoming “entombed” in their homes and classrooms as a result of a demise in organised school trips, MPs were told today.

The choice is stark, according to Simon Fitzpatrick, who has two young children at primary school. "You've either got to lower your sights and standards, cancel all your holidays and go independent, or move house," he says.

Ministers were urged today to cut funds to universities that fail to tackle anti-semitism.

The head of the body responsible for deliver the national curriculum quit today.