We fact check and explain issues about schools, teacher shortages, childcare, universities, and qualifications.
Economy, Business & Finance
Is the growing size of the government's debt placing the restraints on Liberal Democrat ambitions that Nick Clegg claimed during this week's conference speech? We find out in the second part of our look into the 'inconvenient truths' he cited. Read
Education
Thousands of children return to school this week as school holidays draw to a close. However, for some pupils, this new academic year signals more change as they will join … Read
Education
Thousands of young people across the country will receive their GCSE results this week. But how many took core academic subjects? Read
Education
Yesterday's Independent published a blog on 'equality for all in our education system' which included an interesting claim on the probability of being excluded from school. Will this claim stand up to scrutiny? Read
Education
Commenting on the 'crisis in maths teaching' in yesterday's Guardian, Matt Parker claimed that about a quarter of secondary school maths classes are taught by non-maths teachers. Do his figures add up or should he be made to stand in the corner? Read
Education
Today the front page of the Daily Mail led with a claim that 90 primary pupils a day are sent home for violence in class. But where is this statistic coming from? Read
Education
With figures released this week showing record numbers of male trainee primary school teachers, do thousands of British schools still lack a male teacher? Read
Europe
The European Commission's 'Science: It's a girl thing!' campaign launched at the end of last week. A controversial video brought the campaign a good deal of attention. But is the … Read
Education
Amidst the controversy over GCSEs and A-Levels, the Telegraph has claimed that maths standards are worse now than they were in the 1970s. Is this true? Read
