- 793,000 empty school places, yet Conservatives propose more schools
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Summary: Conservatives are proposing the build of new schools, despite official figures revealing 793,000 empty school places in the UK
- A beginner's guide to finding a school
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Summary: If you’ve just started looking for an independent school, our easy guide will help you navigate the system and make the right choice
- A day in the life of... a state school teacher and a private school teacher
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Summary: What is life is like 'on the other side of the fence? Two teachers give us honest, eye-opening accounts
- A gifted child can need a special school
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Summary: If your child is a budding Johnny Wilkinson, Darcy Bussell or Yehudi Menuhin, they may need the environment of a special school
- ‘A happy school’ better than a high-achieving school
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Summary: A survey conducted by Tom-Brown.com finds that parents rate good pastoral care higher than discipline and academic results
- A money makeover can help you plan ahead
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Summary: A family finds out how to save for their toddler son's education, from nursery through to university
- Amy Williams: Schooldays
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Summary: Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams talks to Katrina Stanton about her schooldays and being a typically sporty student
- Anorexia: where there’s help, there’s hope
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Summary: Hospital admissions for teenagers with anorexia have risen 80 per cent over the last decade. How can parents and teachers help sufferers of eating disorders, asks Kate Fielding?
- "A scholarship is a great cost-cutter"
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Summary: Vivienne Hayes, a parent from Bath, explains how her son won scholarships to Millfield School in Somerset and enjoyed a superb education there
- Balls drops compulsory sex education reform
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Summary: Schools Secretary Ed Balls has dropped key reforms including compulsory sex education for 15-year olds
- Balls orders review into the legislation protecting child performers
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Summary: Schools secretary Ed Balls has ordered a review of existing legislation governing child performance on stage and screen to ensure guidelines are rigorous enough
- Balls’ pledge of £100 million pounds to fund more primary school places
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Summary: With an increase in birth rate, demand for primary school places are predicted to be sky-high resulting in Children’s Secretary’s pledge to help local authorities
- Balls warns SATs boycott will breach schools’ statutory duty
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Summary: Schools Secretary Ed Balls asks teachers not to support the boycott as tens of thousands of pupils scheduled to take SATs examinations will be disrupted this week
- Ban on junk food starts in secondary schools
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Summary: All UK schools must now offer nutritious, balanced options at every meal
- "Being summer-born doesn't hold me back"
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Summary: Children who are born in August can be almost a year younger than their peers in Reception, but as our vox-pop of parents and pupils shows, it doesn't have to be a disadvantage
- Breaking news: Balls promises U-turn on child protection legislation
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Summary: New rules would have discouraged parents from helping out and inspirational speakers from coming into assemblies, according to head teachers
- Bring your hamster: settling in at boarding school
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Summary: The stereotypes of rigid regimes, stern matrons and cold showers have long gone. Boarding schools are friendly places where the staff do their utmost to help your children settle in
- Budget for the extra costs of independent school
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Summary: Uniform, musical instruments and trips can add 20 per cent to the cost of independent education, but you can make considerable savings every term
- Bursaries can save you a fortune
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Summary: More than 30 per cent of children at independent schools receive assistance with fees, via bursaries or scholarships. Find out if your family qualifies
- Bursaries rise at independent schools
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Summary: More than 60 per cent of private schools will make more funding available for pupils
- Cameron promises to make teaching the “new noble profession”
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Summary: Conservatives are promising to make teaching elitist by improving quality of graduates in England and consequently make teaching a prestigious profession.
- Cameron terrified by prospect of finding state school for his children
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Summary: Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted that he sympathises with parents in central London trying to find a good state school for their children
- Can private schools afford such lavish facilities?
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Summary: The education correspondent of The Times, Nicola Woolcock begins the first in a series of exclusive features for tom-brown.com with a hard-hitting analysis
- Careers advice at school: what should parents expect?
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Summary: Dr Helen Wright explains why careers advice should no longer be seen as an occasional 10 minute chat, good schools will think much more carefully about preparing their pupils for the world of work
- Catholic schools also warned against becoming academies
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Summary: The Catholic Church have advised schools it would be ‘unwise’ for them apply for academy status
- Celebrities back Beatbullying wristbands for anti-bullying week
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Summary: Beatbullying reveals all-new range of resources including wristbands for schools in time for anti-bullying week
- Championing clever kids
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Summary: A new alliance is supporting gifted and talented children, who may suffer bullying in the classroom. The Times education writer Nicola Woolcock reports
- Check the financial 'health' of your school
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Summary: Make sure you choose a school that isn't at risk of closure by following our expert guide
- Children with speech difficulties deprived of expert help
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Summary: One in six children found to have difficulty in learning to talk, suggests online survey of parents by YouGov
- "City schools are the best preparation for life"
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Summary: The headmaster of Clifton College explains why he believes urban schools have so much to offer pupils
- ‘Clearing got me on to the course I wanted’
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Summary: Student Saskia Duff explains how to survive clearing and work the system to win the right place
- Clock ticking for decision day on new school year
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Summary: Tough financial choices lie ahead for parents as the deadline for the new school year approaches
- Concerns rise over quality of teaching in Scottish schools
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Summary: Teachers are suffering from a lack of confidence, says a recent survey
- Conservative ‘free schools policy’ confirmed
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Summary: Michael Gove has confirmed ‘free schools’, with proposed legislation in place so that schools can become academies by September
- Conservatives plan to reintroduce O-levels in UK schools
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Summary: O-levels could be reintroduced to UK schools as growing numbers of pupils continue to take the exams overseas
- Conservatives promise more family focus and parent power
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Summary: Launching the Conservative party’s manifesto, Cameron has promised parent power, raising the standard of teaching and having all pupils able to read by the age of six
- Conservatives propose schools should stay open at weekends
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Summary: Children need extra support and schools should operate 10 hour days as well as weekends to accommodate, claim Tories
- Conservatives tackled over special needs in schools
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Summary: Conservative leader David Cameron by parent over alleged bias against disabled children in the education system
- Constant web use shortens attention span
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Summary: Young people are unable to focus on one page of a book a time due to virtual modern times, according to recent survey
- Cosmologist and best-selling author Simon Singh MBE
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Summary: Dr Simon Singh's books have engaged many people in the fascinating study of the cosmos and helped to explain its beguiling complexities
- Crucial exams delayed by snow
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Summary: Examinations regulator reveals hundreds of A-level, AS and GCSE exams were cancelled due to snow
- Dance your way to success
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Summary: Director of the Royal Ballet School Gailene Stock explains what it takes to become a world-famous principal dancer
- Dealing with an incompetent teacher
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Summary: Find out how one plucky parent tackled this problem several times over
- Dear agony aunt: how can we tell our kids ‘times are hard’?
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Summary: Dr Helen Wright, headteacher of St Mary’s, Calne, offers advice to a family that is having to adjust to the recession
- Dear agony aunt; how do I tackle teenage drinking?
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Summary: Dr Helen Wright, headteacher of St Mary's Calne, offers advice on what to do if you think your child is drinking alcohol
- Dear agony aunt: why do girls fall out?
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Summary: Are you tearing your hair out over a problem? Why not email Dr Helen Wright, head of St Mary’s Calne and Tom-Brown.com’s new agony aunt?
- Dear agony aunt: why won't the school help us?
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Summary: Dr Helen Wright, headteacher of St Mary's School Calne, offers advice to a family who are struggling to keep their son in independent school. A restructuring of the fees might help
- Dear Prime Minister, let us be independent
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Summary: Independent schools have essentially just one request on their wishlist, and it is one that can be relatively easily granted: let us be independent, says Head of St Mary's Calne Dr Helen Wright
- Dear Secretary of State for Education
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Summary: Dr Helen Wright writes to the Secretary of State for Education as England prepares for an education reform
- Does progressive teaching work?
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Summary: As the tide turning against relentless tests for young children, does a more flexible learning programme represent a better route?
- Downturn continues to hit private education
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Summary: With a dozen small independent schools having closed since January 2009, another blow hits as a further school announces it will close due to falling pupil numbers
- Dramatic decrease in pupil expulsion
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Summary: Number of pupils expelled or suspended from schools has fallen, says government
- Drug use in independent schools: what’s the score?
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Summary: Headlines make us believe that dealing and drug-taking are rife in schools but what is the true extent of the problem and how do private schools help pupils who fall into bad habits?
- Edinburgh under-populated schools on brink of closure
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Summary: Head teachers in Edinburgh are calling on councillors to close schools rather than slash education budgets
- Educate now, pay later?
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Summary: To keep their kids in the private sector, some parents are signing up for more unsecured lending or asking for credit from schools. Find out what bursars are doing to help
- Education spending cuts
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Summary: Chancellor’s Budget statement reveals education spending could be as much as 25 per cent
- Essential advice on school entrance
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Summary: Play safe and avoid disappointment by applying to a few independent schools. Plus – have a trial run with some sample exam papers
- “Exams are getting harder”
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Summary: In a controversial statement, a leading academic tells Nicola Woolcock, of The Times, why he believes that the total test that children face has got much tougher of late
- "Extra-curricular activities are a great leveller"
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Summary: Children at private school have a vast array of activities to choose from, many of which make a difference to their day... and their development
- Faith schools criticised over discrimination towards unreligious staff
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Summary: Current legislation allows faith schools to take into account the staff’s religious beliefs when considering them for a job
- Faith schools face rewriting admissions policies
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Summary: Controversial Supreme Court ruling finds Jewish school to have discriminated against a boy because his mother was not born Jewish
- ‘Fast-track degrees’ would damage UK’s reputation
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Summary: University staff have rejected ideas for a ‘two-year degree’ claiming they would affect standards and damage the reputation of UK degrees
- Fee freezes and a boom in bursaries
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Summary: Find out how some independent schools are helping cash-strapped parents through the recession. By Dominic Miles
- Flying high with the best careers advice
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Summary: Careers guidance has evolved to become a bespoke service in private schools that offers all the help that your child will need
- Free meals scheme scrapped for low-income families
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Summary: Due to start in September, the scheme could have given meals to half a million low-income families
- From stock exchange to staffroom
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Summary: Find out how two bankers have made the transition from trading into teaching
- Get paid to attend university!
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Summary: Asian universities are offering five-figure bursaries, free tuition and subsidised flights in order to attract bright UK students. Nicola Woolcock, education correspondent of The Times, reports exclusively for Tom-Brown.com
- Get the Inland Revenue to ‘subsidise’ your school fees
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Summary: Discover all the ways you could pay less tax and save more money for private school fees... Grandparents can benefit too
- Get the most from your gap year
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Summary: Doing voluntary work on a gap year can be incredibly rewarding, but it's vital to choose a reputable agency
- “Getting into a good state school is like winning a ticket to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory”
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Summary: Top journalist Rosie Millard writes exclusively for Tom Brown on how clever you have to be to get into a great school
- Girls not aloud
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Summary: Mixed sex schools are suppressing girls’ career and professional aspirations, according to a leading head teacher.
- "Going to Oxford is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity"
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Summary: Success story Callum Wood entered leading independent Wycliffe College on an RAF bursary, rose to become head boy and is now the first person in his family to attend university
- Good nursery schooling boosts future earnings by £10k
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Summary: Good nursery schooling boosts future earnings, says Harvard
- Gove open to Atheist free schools
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Summary: Atheists could create their own schools, says Education Secretary
- Gove promises future school cash
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Summary: Investment in school buildings in England will continue, says Education Secretary
- Government and teacher row over SATs continues
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Summary: SATs tests are a key measure of performance claims Ed Balls, despite teachers opting for classroom based assessment
- Government promises more support for special needs parents
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Summary: Parents have to ‘fight the system’ in order to get the help they are entitled to, says government-commissioned study
- Governors also warn schools against ‘rushing’ into academy status
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Summary: Schools do not have the information they need and must be cautious about making the decision in becoming an academy, say governors
- Grammar schools warned against becoming academies
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Summary: An urgent statement has been issued by The National Grammar Schools Association warning of “covert dangers” for grammar schools looking for academy status
- Growing pressure on teenage mothers to leave education
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Summary: Pregnant teenage mothers are being forced out of education, says leading children's charity
- Guardians need to be there come hell or high water
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Summary: By law, all children who come to study in the UK need a guardian. How do you find a person who you can trust and, if you want to become a guardian, how do you get involved?
- Headmistress (and Tom-Brown.com writer!) returns to her desk hours after giving birth
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Summary: Dr Wright, head teacher of St Mary’s Calne, shows women really can have it all
- Head teacher earns more than Prime Minister
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Summary: Trade unions are angered as head teacher to 400 pupils receives bonus of £200,000
- Healthcare gets five stars at private schools
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Summary: Round-the-clock care is offered to children at boarding schools by highly qualified staff working in modern medical centres. Some also offer a counselling service
- Heartache as pupils miss out on state secondary places
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Summary: The scramble for places gets more stressful as many children face rejection from their first, second and third choice schools
- Help! How can I afford my child’s education?
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Summary: Dr Helen Wright offers advice to parents struggling to afford a private education
- Helping new starters feel at home
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Summary: The first day at a new school can be an exciting but nerve-racking time for many children… and their parents. Find out what pastoral care good independent schools offer to make everyone feel welcome
- Helping parents with empty nest syndrome
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Summary: As teenagers across Britain prepare to go on gap years or leave for college, leading agony aunt Virginia Ironside offers advice on dealing with this challenging time
- Hot debate: should homework be banned?
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Summary: Two teachers surprise us with their challenging views on what could mean a dramatic transformation of our educational system
- How much does private school cost?
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Summary: Find out the average costs of day and boarding schools in the UK and see what fits with your budget
- How schools are fighting the obesity epidemic
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Summary: Find out how independent schools help to keep children healthy and prevent them from piling on the pounds. Plus, discover the secrets of success behind a weight loss camp in the Lake District
- How to become a high-flying magazine editor
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Summary: Lindsay Nicholson - who has worked on Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar and Good Housekeeping - explains how she got into journalism
- How to cope with exam nerves
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Summary: With exam season almost upon us, headteacher of St Mary's Calne, Dr Wright explains what parents can do to help
- How to cope with exam stress at a distance
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Summary: Dr Helen Wright explains how parents can cope with exam stress at a distance
- How to cope with school fees when storm clouds are gathering
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Summary: If you're going through a crisis and have been hit by divorce, bereavement, business failure or serious illness help is at hand to enable your children to stay at private school
- How to finance a great education
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Summary: There are so many options for parents searching for affordable schooling. From the latest trend of 'down-feeing' to no-frill schools, there's always a way to save money
- How to get into a top school
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Summary: A director of one of the UK's most successful schools tells us what they're looking for in prospective pupils
- ICT lessons are a ‘turn-off’
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Summary: ICT lessons are dull, say top scientists
- “I did magic tricks to get into medical school"
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Summary: In an exclusive interview, presenter Dr Christian Jessen tells us how he got on to a top course and made his break into TV. He also mentions an 'embarrassing illness' of his own…
- "I’m an adrenaline junkie" – flying high as a female fighter pilot
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Summary: Her plane can fly at the speed of a bullet and she has faced active service in the Gulf. Find out more about the life of Jules Fleming, one of only 10 female fighter pilots in the UK. By Gail Dixon
- "I'm moonlighting to pay the school fees"
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Summary: The economic downturn has led one tenacious professional to work nights in a restaurant to keep her daughters in private school
- Independent Muslim schools under threat of closure
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Summary: According to the Association of Muslim Schools, many independent Islamic institutions in England are in serious financial difficulty
- Independent schools launch attack on Government interference
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Summary: The Government interferes too much on how we are run and what we teach, says private schools
- Independent schools top GCSE tables
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Summary: Following last week’s superb A-level results, private schools have increased their lead over the state sector
- Independent schools will bounce back from recession...
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Summary: ... but fee increases must be curtailed, according to the latest research
- Introduction to Developmental Movement: Improving learning, balance and coordination
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Summary: Join Mary Mountstephen, author of Meeting Special Needs: Dyspraxia and Neuro-Developmental Delay on Friday 4 June for an introduction to Developmental Movement: Improving learning, balance and coordination
- ISC reports rise in pupil numbers at private schools
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Summary: The Independent Schools Council says private school numbers are holding up... but what will happen in September?
- “I see ADHD as a gift"
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Summary: Find out how actor Ross Davidson manages his ADHD
- Is there a lack of male role models in primary school education?
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Summary: The reduction in the number of men working as primary school teachers is resulting in concerns over the lack of positive male role models in the classroom
- Kids that play hard ‘do better in exams’
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Summary: Research from independent schools highlights a link between extra-curricular activities and improved academic performance
- Kingswood school in Bath record single and album for Children in Need
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Summary: Talented young musicians record two Beatles' tracks for charity CD and star in pop video with legendary musicians
- Labour promises parents more say on schools
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Summary: PM pledges parents a vote on whether struggling schools in England should be run by a different organisation
- Laptop scheme is rebooted
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Summary: Less privileged pupils are to be given free laptops according to the government’s Home Access scheme, first announced a year ago by Gordon Brown
- Launch of independent school home exchange club
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Summary: Offering parents and alumni of independent schools the chance to save on the cost of holidays and raise money towards their school’s fundraising programmes.
- League tables – the truth behind the headlines
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Summary: The exam results for 2008 imply that grammar schools are trouncing the competition, but can it really be as simple as that? Get to the true story with our expert advice
- League tables to be published despite SATs boycott
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Summary: Government still plans to release league tables, despite SATs boycott
- “Left, right. Left, right. March!” Brown wants the Armed Forces to run state academies
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Summary: In an attempt to boost discipline in the classroom, the government is pioneering military academies. Will this lead to boot camp mentality?
- Manchester Grammar School expels the GCSE
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Summary: Another top independent joins the ranks of schools adopting tougher tests
- Meet the new Billy Elliot
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Summary: Find out what it’s like to become a West End star at the age of 12, as we catch up with independent schoolboy and all-singing and dancing sensation, Ollie Gardner
- Michael Gove says education is about freedom
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Summary: In an exclusive interview for Tom-Brown.com, the shadow Schools Secretary reveals his vision for transforming the educational future of our children
- More faith schools to be opened
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Summary: The new coalition government has pledged a sweeping reform of the education system, with more faith schools to open
- More financial support for the white working class
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Summary: The National Union of Teachers has argued for more cash to be coupled with poverty levels, not race
- More schools failing Ofsted
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Summary: 50 per cent of schools inspected in autumn were found to be simply satisfactory or inadequate, says Ofsted report
- More schools rated ‘weak’ by Ofsted
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Summary: More schools have been rated weak compared with recent years in the most recent Ofsted report
- More school trips needed for children
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Summary: Children spend too much time in the classroom and not enough time on school trips, says report
- Moving forward
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Summary: Mary Mountstephen explains why nursery schools need to be providing more opportunities for exploration and physical activity to improve learning, language and behaviour among pre-schoolers
- "My son has dyslexia and his state school let him down"
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Summary: Follow the story of a Newcastle couple who looked to an independent school for a solution
- New graduates’ ‘fears for careers’
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Summary: Students fear that last year’s graduates will take up this year’s vacancies, says survey
- Ofsted claim bad teachers are not an “absolute disaster”
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Summary: It’s a good lesson in life if children can cope with one bad teacher, says Chairman of Ofsted
- One-in-ten British children have mental health issues
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Summary: This is one of the findings of an alarming new report into the happiness and welfare of children in Britain today
- Open days: the essential questions to ask
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Summary: If you’re visiting independent schools for the first time, don’t leave home without our essential checklist of questions
- ‘Overwhelming’ response to academy invite
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Summary: Level of interest is ‘overwhelming’, as more than 1,000 schools in England show interest in Gove’s invitation become an academy
- Oxbridge still falling short of state-educated admittance benchmark
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Summary: Oxford and Cambridge universities have increased the proportion of state school pupils they take on, but are still falling short of the benchmark
- Parent plans for new secondary school rejected
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Summary: Initiative to share the budget with the local organisation of schools is not viable, says Ed Balls
- Parent power is landing schools in court
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Summary: The Times education correspondent Nicola Woolcock reports on the growing belligerence among dissatisfied parents
- Parents and teachers blast MP over dyslexia debate
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Summary: MP Graham Stringer's recent remarks regarding dyslexia have prompted a storm of controversy. We asked parents, teachers and experts for their views
- Parents call for more grammar schools
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Summary: Majority of adult voters support the build of new grammar schools, says survey
- Parents’ election votes influenced by education policies
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Summary: The majority of parents will be influenced by proposed party policies on education, says recent survey
- Parents hit as fees firm goes bust
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Summary: A company that enables parents to pay school fees by direct debit has gone into administration, leaving thousands of people in financial dire straights
- Parents hit via charity ruling on private schools
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Summary: Fees could rise further as the Charity Commission fails to find that some independent schools justify their charitable status
- Parents want public services to be more family friendly
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Summary: Majority of adults insist on more family friendly public services, according to recent survey
- “Patchy” careers advice leads to new government initiative
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Summary: Careers advice in England has been described as patchy and inconsistent, leading to new initative of the Careers Profession Taskforce
- Plans to rebuild 75 schools scaled back
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Summary: Rebuilding of schools is scaled back by Education Secretary
- Playground building schemes axed
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Summary: Hundreds of community playground schemes cut back
- Primary head teachers to boycott SATs
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Summary: The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) have confirmed that the majority of head teachers will boycott national tests
- Primary schools to offer only halal meat
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Summary: Halal-only meat option for 52 primary schools, says council
- Private or state school for our baby?
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Summary: Two new parents from Newcastle weigh up the pros and cons of the state and private sector... What decision will they come to?
- Private school monopoly on Russell Group Univesities
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Summary: Private school pupils more likely to get into best universities, says study
- "Private schools can't be the preserve of the privileged"
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Summary: A headmistress makes a stark warning that the credit crunch could drive families with modest incomes away from private education, damaging their social mix. Nicola Woolcock, of The Times, reports
- Private schools offer lifeline to bullied Olympic diver
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Summary: After suffering bullying at school, and threats of having his 'legs broken', Olympic diver Tom Daley has been offered places by leading independents
- Private schools spurn trendy subjects for tougher courses
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Summary: Discover how independent schools are challenging the National Curriculum to create a more stimulating syllabus
- “Private tuition can lift a C grade to an A”
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Summary: If your child needs help in a subject, then just an hour a week of personal tuition can make a huge difference. Read the views of both a tutor and a parent
- Providing a virtual lifeline
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Summary: Head of Wycliffe Margie Burnet Ward speaks to Katrina Stanton about how investing ICT is to the benefit to all
- Puberty... at the age of three
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Summary: Early onset puberty is an increasing problem in the UK and scientific research points to obesity as a key factor
- Pupil numbers at private schools are falling
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Summary: Independent school pupil numbers have drastically fallen, says recent census
- Pushy parents spending a fortune on nativity costumes
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Summary: Parents are spending as much as £150 on “manger chic” to make their kids stand out according to leading department store Debenhams
- Record A-level passes at private schools
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Summary: More than a third of independent school children are awarded three As at A-level this year
- Record applications for university
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Summary: The economic downturn is encouraging more people than ever to apply for UK universities, but a shortfall of 50,000 places is making it tougher to be successful
- Record numbers register at leading schools
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Summary: High profile schools may be strengthening, but heads are expressing concern over the future of preps and smaller schools
- Religious studies are ‘inadequate’ in nearly 200 schools
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Summary: Study suggests teachers lack training and are unsure what the subject is trying to achieve, says Ofsted
- Rock n' roll can help slow learners
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Summary: Children with developmental problems are benefiting from a new programme that involves 10-15 minutes a day of rocking, rolling, gliding and crawling
- Running fit to cope with recession
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Summary: Some schools are putting capital projects on hold, but others are taking advantage of good rates for building work. Nicola Woolcock, of The Times, sees intriguing signs of the 'health' of schools
- Sats scrapped at Key Stage 3: will they soon be abolished totally?
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Summary: Many parents, pupils and teachers hope that Ed Balls' decision will mark the beginning of the end of an unpopular and stressful system for young children
- Schoolchildren can't squeeze into their chairs
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Summary: As children get bigger and taller, outdated furniture sizes could lead to posture and back problems
- School counsellors can offer a lifeline
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Summary: Some of the UK's best independent schools offer the service of a counsellor - someone children can go to confidentially to discuss anything that's troubling them
- School fee increases set to fall through recession
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Summary: As a leading economist warns the private sector of a mega-recession, schools react by introducing much lower fee increases of less than four per cent
- Schools accused of ‘hoarding’ cash
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Summary: Almost half a £billion is held in ‘excessive balances’ by individual schools, says government
- Schools go ahead with exams, despite bad weather
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Summary: Ed Balls urges schools to remain open today despite the continuing conditions that mean some pupils could not get into schools to take important exams.
- Schools invited to become academies
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Summary: Education Secretary, Michael Gove, is inviting all state schools in England to apply to become academies
- Schools ‘reluctant’ to push brightest pupils
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Summary: State schools are failing the brightest pupils because of “huge reluctance” to promote academic excellence, according to a leading head teacher.
- Schoolstrader.com
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Summary: Schoolstrader has a vibrant independent section covering most independent schools across the UK...
- School with no pupils stays open
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Summary: Carmarthenshire primary school stays open, despite no pupils
- Science GCSEs rejected in favour of ‘easier subjects’
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Summary: Growing numbers of teenagers are deserting traditional GCSEs due to alternative qualifications providing an easier route to good grades, says report
- Shopping around to find the right school
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Summary: Find out how to make the right decision on your child's education with expert advice from a school admissions officer who is also a mum
- Single sex or co-ed school?
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Summary: Vicky Tuck, principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College, and Tim Waters, head of co-ed Trinity School in Devon, spark off a debate
- Snow forces thousands of schools to close
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Summary: Children are having an unexpected extended Christmas holiday this week due to dangerous weather conditions
- Social networking ‘most important thing’ for girls
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Summary: Girls identify Facebook to be one of the most important things in their lives, says survey
- "Sport provides lessons in life that the classroom doesn't"
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Summary: Many important skills are learnt on the court, field or river
- State schools go IGCSE
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Summary: State schools sign up for International GCSEs
- State schools to offer IGCSEs
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Summary: Coalition government’s changes to allow International GCSE are ‘neanderthal’, say ATL teachers’ union
- Summer Activities
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Summary: Need some ideas to entertain the terrors this summer? Keep your children endlessly entertained by trying out Tom-Brown.com approved summer activities
- Summer fun: days out for all the family
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Summary: From carnivals to craft days, duck races to Darwin extravaganzas, there are so many exciting events taking place this summer to keep your kids entertained. Many of them are free
- Tackling homophobic bullying at school
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Summary: If your child is suffering the effects of prejudice, there is help and support available to overcome it
- Teachers can confiscate mephedrone
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Summary: Teachers have permission to seize the drug mephedrone, says Schools Minister
- Test your skills with exam past papers
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Summary: Beat exam nerves by having a trial run with a past paper. We've got recent GCSE Maths and English papers that you can download to test your skills...
- The beauty of choosing a rural school
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Summary: Ian Davenport, headmaster of prestigious Blundell's school in Devon, explains why he thinks the countryside offers the stability and tranquillity that children need
- The Daily Telegraph runs lead story on Tom-Brown.com
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Summary: Our exclusive survey of headteachers and their plans to manage during the recession has hit the headlines
- “The discipline is so good in faith schools”
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Summary: The last decade has seen a huge growth in faith schools in the state sector, many of which have great reputations. What are the advantages that set them apart?
- The good schools effect
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Summary: Research reveals property values more resilient in areas with good schools
- “There is life after expulsion”
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Summary: If your child is expelled from school it may feel as though the house has come crashing down upon you. Headteachers are sympathetic, though, and prepared to offer a second chance, discovers Rosa Ingram
- The smart new way to make your second home pay... exchange!
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Summary: Learn about a smart new way to make your second home pay with www.homes-club.com
- The steps from nursery to university
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Summary: Understanding the tiers of the independent school system in the UK is easy with our guide. It shows when your child can join a new school and what you can expect to pay at each point
- The time bomb that is science in British schools
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Summary: With girls falling behind boys in science and fewer children choosing to study GCSE physics in the UK, where are the engineers of the future to come from? Gail Dixon reports
- “The trip gave us a true sense of Peruvian life”
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Summary: Ellina Astakhova, a student at independent Southbank International School, was amazed and inspired by South America, which she visited as part of her International Baccalaureate course
- The X Factor meets The Apprentice at Sherborne Girls
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Summary: Find out how girls at this West Country independent performed, recorded and marketed a five-track CD in an exciting new entrepreneurial venture. By Katrina Stanton
- This sporting life
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Summary: With a proven link between good grades and physical activity, there is mounting pressure on schools to maximise the opportunity for sports
- To board or not to board? That is the question
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Summary: Boarding school is a great opportunity for some children, and offers the chance to make friendships for life, but it may not suit all. Find out if it's right for your family
- “Together we can beat cyber bullying”
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Summary: A third of children have suffered online abuse. Help is at hand, though, from an inspiring young army of ‘CyberMentors’
- Tom-brown.com favourite puds survey hits the headlines
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Summary: Our survey of the nation's sweetest memories of schooldays has popped up widely in the press
- Tom-Brown.com launches brand-new search function for parents
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Summary: This December Tom-Brown.com has launched a new search function to locate thousands of private schools
- Tom-Brown.com named best website ever created
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Summary: Millions of people around the world have voted Tom-Brown.com the best, prettiest and most friendly website thy have ever used
- Tom-Brown.com reveals heads' exclusive plans to weather the recession
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Summary: More than 60 per cent of independent schools will make more bursaries available as schools see a 90 per cent increase in parents asking for financial support
- Tom-Brown.com, we’re in Vogue
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Summary: Just as finding the right house in the right place requires research, Vogue recommends Tom-Brown.com to assist parents in finding the right school for their child
- Tom-Brown luxury holiday competition winner
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Summary: Find out who has won a family holiday at a beautiful UK hotel
- Tom-Brown reviewed by The Great Website Guide
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Summary: Tom-Brown is named an excellent educational website by www.greatwebsiteguide.com
- Top 10 reasons to choose the International Baccalaureate
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Summary: Find out why pupils, parents, schools and universities love this course
- Top 10 revision tactics
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Summary: Exam fever is hotting up. Follow our revision planner guide and you’ll not only cope but conquer, says teacher Matt Henderson
- Top 10 ways to conquer clearing
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Summary: With university applications up hugely this year, anyone who gets a place through clearing has to be good… very good. Follow our tips on how to sell yourself and work the system to your advantage
- Top Ten Easter Activities
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Summary: Trying to entertain your little terrors this Easter? Sophie Hutchings finds some egg-sellent activities for you to try...
- Top ten reasons to choose an independent school
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Summary: Don’t join the panic over state school places – a private school could be the perfect choice, especially at secondary level. There’s a huge amount of financial help available, too
- To tutor, or not to tutor?
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Summary: Once teacher, examiner, manager and private investigator Darren Sargent explains to Katrina Stanton why he made the transition into tutoring, and why parents should always plan ahead
- Unhappy family damaging to children’s well-being
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Summary: Family arguments are damaging for children, says recent study by Children’s Society
- Uniform is not a panacea for problems
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Summary: In response to Dr Helen Wright's article on Tom-Brown.com, Alistair Brownlow, co-principal of Rochester Independent College, tells us why he thinks school uniform stifles children's individuality
- Unions launch campaign to reform SATs
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Summary: SATs tests are stressful and demotivating, say teachers
- Universities face huge cuts in funding
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Summary: Lecturers stage walk-out across England as universities face millions of pounds loss in funding cuts
- Urgent action wanted by head teachers on legal drug
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Summary: Shock death of two teenagers calls for urgent action over the legal drug mephedrone, says schools
- "We offer fee support to 97 per cent of pupils"
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Summary: Discover more about Christ's Hospital - the inspiring Sussex school that opens up a world of opportunity for disadvantaged children
- "We've relocated from Washington to Wimbledon – how do we find a good school?"
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Summary: It’s tough choosing a school, especially when you’re moving to Britain from overseas. Trish Brandt’s experience proves that a careful and systematic approach can pay dividends…
- What can we do about grade inflation?
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Summary: Education experts, including Professor Chris Woodhead, tell us how they think the current system should be revamped
- What makes a great leader?
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Summary: What makes people like Barack Obama inspire trust and loyalty in others? Vice-chancellor of the University of Bath, Professor Glynis M Breakwell writes exclusively for Tom-Brown.com on leadership skills
- When should I get a Tutor for my child?
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Summary: All parents want to know that their child is realising the very best of their academic potential. Dr Wright explains when parents should get a tutor for their child
- "Why I moved from state to private school"
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Summary: Lin Ashfield loves teaching the pupils in her new school and has never looked back
- Why is music important in school?
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Summary: Dr Helen Wright finds out how hit American series Glee suggests that music in schools these days are a far cry from the uninspiring lessons of days gone by
- Why isn’t the obesity message getting through?
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Summary: Nine out of ten adults will be obese by 2050, so what can parents do to help overweight children?
- Why private school is the best way for us
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Summary: We talk to four families who have chosen the private sector, for very different reasons
- Why school uniform rules!
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Summary: Dr Helen Wright, headteacher of leading boarding school St Mary’s, Calne, writes exclusively for Tom-Brown.com on why she believes that, far from being inhibiting, school uniform creates a sense of identity that children need
