An academy is to invest £1.6m after inspectors found too many pupils felt unsafe and more than half failed to turn up to class.

Parents have been told a new primary school due to open after the summer holidays will not happen meaning children will be sent to a temporary site.

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling on a council to reinstate food vouchers for children eligible for free school meals.

Fraud experts are warning phone users, and in particular parents, to be vigilant to an ongoing scam that starts with the message 'Hello Mum'.

It's a question many parents may be asking themselves during the school holidays but what's the official advice?

A school has been granted the go-ahead to build a new sports hall, give its entrance a makeover and expand its 'woefully inadequate' canteen.

Schools without a life-saving defibrillator will be given one before next summer, under plans to ensure every state school has its own device.

Children's activity levels drop during the summer holidays, claim health officials, who are appealing to parents to keep kids moving.

A mum says the loss of primary school exam results by a government contractor is a "kick in the teeth" for pupils.

Plans to expand a grammar school could be back on track after more funding was approved for the scheme.

A teacher, who was inspired by another to take up the career, is retiring after four decades at the same school.

Pupils will miss a much-loved teacher so much after she retires they have got a life-sized cardboard cutout of her to keep in the classroom.

Parents have leapt to the defence of a school as the "outstanding" Ofsted rating it held for 14 years was downgraded to "requires improvement".

Schools in Kent are split over whether to keep children in the classroom as temperatures head for 40C.

A proposal to introduce 'play streets' - closing roads regularly for a few hours so children can play in safety - is to get "serious consideration".

A Kent schoolboy was placed in isolation after wearing shorts into class during the heatwave.

A primary school Paralympics saw children taking part in different sports in an attempt to break down stereotypes.

A grammar school's ongoing £7.6 million expansion has been paused amid fire safety fears.

The deputy head has taken charge of a troubled grammar hit by a damning Ofsted report.

School headmaster praises his students' 'grit and determination' through Covid as they land top marks.