Policy divide wider than ever on economy, education, pensions, Scotland and austerity

Children’s charity and NUT say most deprived schools set to lose up to £757 per child

Improvement in maths and writing equivalent to two months’ extra schooling a year

Judges rule in favour of education authorities who prosecuted Jon Platt

Echoes of Victorian philanthropy in face of largest real-terms cuts in 30 years

Majority of girls would prefer to be cabin crew rather than a pilot

UK education secretary says background, not talent, influences earning ability

LocatED will get £2bn to find sites for free schools despite poor precedent from NHS

Money lessons would help children guard against rip-offs in adult life, report says

NUT and ATL to combine as National Education Union, with more than 450,000 members

Think-tank warns new school funding model puts 1,000 schools at risk

Secondary schools to lose 6 teachers on average over next 3 years, study finds

Documents reveal additional £655m required to fund extra 110 schools

Package seen to pave the way for more selective grammar schools

PM to tell Scottish Conservatives that ruling SNP focusing too much on independence

IfG think-tank cautions on impact of cuts on schools, prisons, health and social care