1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1098+ words) Unemployment rates for mid-lifers are up - but for some, losing a job is an opportunity for reinvention Being paid to look at clothes all day is a dream job for many. It certainly is for fashion stylist Catherine Grout. Grout,…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1160+ words) One of the best state schools in the country is under pressure from a group of parents - amid mounting concerns that tutored, privileged children are winning too many places "In the past, quite naively, I thought that grammar schools were…...

3+ day, 26+ min ago  (591+ words) Nearly three-quarters of Gen Z are open to starting their own business, and some are skipping higher education to do so Mitchell Vernon always had an entrepreneurial streak. At school, he'd sell sweets and buy make-up, or ship other items…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (543+ words) A new proposal would see some lower and higher earners pay more towards their loan overall A new model of student loan repayments would cost the taxpayer close to zero but be more "manageable" for graduates, according to a new…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1258+ words) Cash-strapped councils are spending almost double on private schools for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) compared with five years ago, figures show. The cost of these placements rose from "270m in 2020/21 to nearly "500m in 2024/25 " an 87 per cent increase,…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (28+ words) The i Paper We and our partners use cookies and other technologies to collect user data #close Types of data being accessed...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (773+ words) Children have reported lower happiness with school than any other area of their life, and the pressure is making anxiety worse" When she was just six years old, she had a teacher who destroyed her confidence. To this day, I…...

1+ week, 26+ min ago  (998+ words) More than a fifth of people with Plan 2 loans will begin paying them back earlier than expected Tens of thousands of graduates will have to start repaying their student loans sooner because of a "stealth tax" announced in the Budget,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (441+ words) Last year, 53 per cent of all state school leaders cut spending on trips and outings, up from 50 per cent in 2024 - and it has an impact on our children "I'm so proud of his new confidence," my friend Sophie (not her…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (598+ words) Yasmin Shaheen-Zaffar has struggled with ADHD her entire life, and always assumed she was unemployable. She thinks having a work coach would have saved her career Young people with ADHD and autism should be prescribed work coaches by their GPs…...