BBC Education News
Gove defends free school numbers
Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".

Tory defects over schools scheme
A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".

Men in short supply in primaries
One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.

Music tuition falling, poll says
Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests.

School lottery 'failed in aim'
England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.