More and more pupils play truant
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The number of secondary pupils in England playing truant has gone up 40% over the past five years.
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Parents face fines of up to Â£1,000 if they fail to keep children who have been excluded from school indoors.
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There are big variations in how many children from different neighbourhoods go to university.
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Number of children taught in schools with more than 2,000 pupils has trebled since Labour came to power
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Children are arriving for their first day at school less able to read, write, add up or play than a year ago, a series of national tests has shown.
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More kids appear to be playing a risky game that can lead to accidental strangulation.
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A campaign to attract more graduates to teaching promotes the attraction of working with children.
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Pupils are being offered tips to protect themselves from robberies in a week-long campaign in schools.
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As children head back to school savvy  teachers are looking for the best ways to help students  maximize their learning potential.
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Some schools are spending more on putting pupils through exams than on books, head teachers say.
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As thousands of North-east students take part i
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School pupils reveal how visits from refugees and asylum seekers taught them lessons about prejudice.
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As students head back to school, there's an extra push to bring those who never graduated back into the classroom.
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Disadvantaged children lagging a full year behind before they start school.
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A secondary school tests a new fingertip-recognition roll call to help tackle truancy.
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The report says students are catching up to their worldwide counterparts but fourth-graders are not. By Michael Dobbs / Washington Post.
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By Moira Sharkey  South Wales Echo  Pupils are all smiles now their classroom has been given a splash of colour.