A school has defended its policy for Saturday detentions amid a crackdown on unruly behaviour – despite some parents describing it as “prison-like”.

A school which has waited 20 years for new premises will move to a “trailblazing” building in Kent’s garden city, with room for hundreds more pupils.

As staff members protest over violence and threats from pupils, teachers and parents at the school have revealed the scale of the troubling issues.

Dozens of teachers have gone on strike today to call for more action over threats and violence from pupils at a Kent secondary school.

Staff at a troubled school are taking “unavoidable” strike action tomorrow due to concerns over their welfare.

A playgroup that has been running for 57 years is at a crisis point and has appealed for help to keep it open.

The new head of a school due to be set up when an ‘inadequate’ academy shuts next year has been revealed.

A school run by a trust responsible for thousands of pupils across the county has received another top Ofsted report.

A redundant primary school, earmarked for dozens of homes, is set to go on the market.

Exclusive: A former teacher at a Kent private school plied a pupil with alcohol before asking him to sit in his lap, a misconduct hearing was told.

Shocked parents say children as young as four had to hide under desks while teachers barricaded classroom doors as part of a school lockdown drill.

Children at a special needs school have been given their own double-decker bus to play on.

A nursery where a toddler wandered off-site and into a road has been temporarily shut down by Ofsted.

The country’s first astronaut in space Dr Helen Sherman has paid a special visit to a Kent school as part of her latest mission.

Early plans have been unveiled to build a new special needs school which has been in the works for five years.

Fencing built around a university building to bolster security has been branded “a bit brutal” in appearance.

The former principal of a Kent college has been effectively banned from education – while his deputy agrees a confidential deal with liquidators.

A local council is asking for parents and residents views on changes to an annual school test.

Exclusive: A self-styled education guru has quit as chair of governors at a Kent grammar amid claims she lied about having a PhD from Cambridge.

A college has been awarded government funding to build a new training facility teaching energy-saving skills.