A £1 billion facelift for Essex schools
Every secondary school in Essex will be revamped in an ambitious £1 billion scheme, which is a part of the Government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Schools in the county are to be evaluated to see if they need to be rebuilt, refurbished or both. Primary schools will also be improved in a £7.5 million scheme. How long will it take to complete such a big project?
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Teachers concerned about 'plagiarism epidemic'
 A new study has revealed nearly two-thirds of teachers believe that copying essays from the internet has become a problem in schools, as well as universities. These teachers believe that much of the work submitted to them involves plagiarism to some degree. How rife is plagiarism in schools?
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No room in state schools for special needs pupils
Parents of pupils with special education needs (SEN) have been forced to look for places in private schools in recent years, as places in state schools have been cut. Parents are often struggling to meet the fees of the private schools, but have no choice to get their children an education. Discover how the rate of children with SEN being enrolled in private schools has increased?
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US School bus touring the UK
 An American-style yellow school bus is going around the country visiting 30 cities as a part of the Yellow School Bus Commission study. The "home-to-school" transport is being reviewed to find out if it’s worth introducing school buses across the UK. What are the benefits of the American-style school bus system?
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Is bad behaviour in schools caused by increasing size?
New research blames "supersize" comprehensive schools for increasing problems in classroom discipline and poor academic achievement. The number of schools with more than 2,000 pupils has trebled in the past decade, while many experts and statistics show that if a school is too large, it affects performance negatively. What is the ideal size for a school?
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The school with no paper
 Every pupil has a mobile PC, every teacher has a tablet PC and almost all the school work is done with the PCs. This is the reality at Islay high school, located on a remote island of the coast of Scotland. And the school didn’t require any special funding for this technology. How did the school figure out a simple way to afford such resources?
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