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A leading exam board faced social media backlash as bemused GCSE biology students had to answer an 'irrelevant' question about drunk 15-year-olds and rats. Angry students argued the exam was ''worded very poorly' and was not even about biology as they vent their frustration in media sites such as the Student Room (TSR) and Twitter. http://www.te...

Primary and secondary schools in England struggling to recruit teachers spent £821m on supply staff last year, it has emerged. Analysis by BBC News shows the equivalent of £168 was spent on each child in order to hire in extra staff to cover vacancies and absences. Teachers unions say the amount of money spent reflects a "serious teacher recruit...

Primary school children were left in tears after taking ‘one of the hardest’ tests teachers have ever seen. Around 600,000 children across the country took the tougher new key stage 2 tests, which are designed to measure students’ abilities in reading, writing and math. Ministers have made the tests more difficult as they look to raise standards...

Thousands of parents took their children out of school on Tuesday to protest exams which are deemed too demanding for the average seven-year-old. The SATs (Standard Assessment Tests), which start at the end of infant school, include questions in English, Maths and Science aimed to check a child’s progress. But a petition has been started by Let ...