Birmingham Head Teacher Vows to Replace Wrong Uniforms

A head teacher has offered to replace new students incorrect uniforms after dozens of students were put in isolation for breaking uniform rules. Dame Maureen Brennan, of Barr Beacon School, wrote a letter to parents about appropriate school wear and...

Holidays in Term Time

Research by car insurance firm Esure found that 65% of parents are confused about the legality of term-time holidays after senior judges supported the ruling that Jon Platt had no case to answer since his daughter is almost always...

A-Level Maths and Economics Exam Papers Leaked Online

Rob Bristow, the Chief executive of Execel, one of the UK’s biggest exam boards, has expressed "profound regret" after two of its A-level exams suffered leaks. The maths and economics exams were compromised after parts of the economics exam showed...

Schools Need More Places

West Midlands schools will need to accommodate an extra 82,000 pupils by 2039. The increase in numbers is a consequence of population growth and immigration. Only Birmingham alone is set to need an additional 30,700 places. The prediction was published by the...

Coventry University graduate working to turn young people away from terrorism across West Africa...

  A Coventry University graduate devoted to tackling terrorism has spoken about how he stopped a young man joining ISIS with just hours to spare. Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar, a graduate of Coventry’s International Terrorism masters course, has already helped at least...

Hodge Hill College triumphs in regional final of prestigious enterprise competition run by The...

A team of young entrepreneurs from Hodge Hill College in Birmingham has won the West Midlands Regional Final of the 2017 Enterprise Challenge competition, a flagship education initiative driven by Mosaic, HRH The Prince of Wales’ mentoring charity and...

The Economic Benefit of International Students in Birmingham

According to a report published by the Birmingham Commonwealth Association (BCA), and supported by Birmingham City Council’s International Affairs Team, using the most recent reliable figures it has been conservatively calculated that international students (non-EU) bring in over £400 million per academic year. Of...

Lent: A Time for Fasting and Reflection

Wednesday 26th February marks the start of Lent, a Catholic liturgical season consisting of forty days of fasting, prayer, and penitence beginning on Ash Wednesday and concluding at sundown on Holy Thursday. It is an important period of observance...

New College for Birmingham Celebrates with a Flash Mob

The education map of Birmingham has changed forever as South and City College Birmingham and Bournville College have completed their much-anticipated merger, to form one of the biggest and best colleges in the country. The merger was finally approved...

Santa Fe Shooting Sabika Sheikh Laid To Rest

The funeral of a Pakistani student Sabika Sheikh who was killed in Santa Fe Texas school shooting has taken place in Karachi. Sabika Sheikh, 17, was among the eight students and two teachers who were killed in the attack on...