An announcement about the future of a £55bn school building programme in England could be made next week.

Top colleges are freed from Ofsted inspections and obligation to offer diplomas.

Will schools feel the brunt of education spending cuts?

The demand for primary school places in England is rising with pupil numbers growing dramatically as budgets are cut.

Grammar schools in England are advised by the National Grammar Schools Association not to apply for academy status.

The Swedish model of free schools has not significantly improved pupils' achievement, a study suggests.

A university leader is forecasting an expansion in private universities in England, as funding is overhauled.

The number of teenagers in England who are not in education, employment or training has fallen, statistics show.

The Chancellor George Osborne says education budgets could be cut by as much as 25% over the next four years.

Harrods is to offer is employees the opportunity to gain an honours degree in sales.

Playwright Tom Stoppard fears that reading and literature are being swept away by new technologies.

Breastfeeding campaigners call for an end to the "breast is best" slogan, in a bid to show it is not something special.

A small school serving communities in the Applecross peninsula successfully recruits a new head teacher.

Students and staff from 100 UK colleges and universities mount protest over multi-million pound funding cuts.

A three-year-old boy is taken to hospital after being bitten on the arm by a fox at a playgroup in Brighton.

Increasing tuition fees to £7,000 per year would mean a sharp drop in young people wanting to go to university, says a survey.

Is no change good news for primary schools?

More than 700 groups say they are interested in starting a "free school" in England - half are teachers.

What's going to be different about free schools?

Parents, teachers and other groups could set up "free schools" in shops and houses, the government confirms.