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Struggling with the nine times table? I have a failsafe method | Adrian Chiles
Education May 21, 2026

Struggling with the nine times table? I have a failsafe method | Adrian Chiles

Apparently, nines are the hardest to grasp for primary school children. If only they’d learned how to cheat like meMaths was never my thing. I quite enjoyed it at O-level, to the extent that I chose to do it at A-level. As early as the first week of the A-level course, however, it became abundantly...

Major Apprenticeship Provider Rated 'Needs Attention' Amid Completion Concerns
Education May 21, 2026

Major Apprenticeship Provider Rated 'Needs Attention' Amid Completion Concerns

Ofsted has rated Multiverse, England's largest apprenticeship provider, as 'needs attention' following concerns over low completion rates and excessive staff workload. The watchdog's intervention comes after the provider stopped new starts on its weakest programmes, raising questions about quality assurance in post-16 skills provision.

Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser
Education May 21, 2026

Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser

Ban social media and reform education to tackle scandal of young people not in work or study, says Peter HymanSchools have become a “pipeline” to worklessness for a large cohort of young people in the UK, according to an influential former Labour adviser who has called for urgent action to help a “l...

New nurseries less likely to be in disadvantaged schools
Education May 21, 2026

New nurseries less likely to be in disadvantaged schools

Government capital programme which repurposes empty classrooms seeks to target provision in disadvantaged areas The post New nurseries less likely to be in disadvantaged schools first appeared on Schools Week.

British Council staff in Italy to strike over proposed 80% workforce cut
Education May 20, 2026

British Council staff in Italy to strike over proposed 80% workforce cut

Soft power institution faces funding crisis linked to Covid-era government loan due to be repaid by SeptemberStaff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts that would slash about 80% of its workforce due to a funding crisis facing the organisation.Out of 130 of its teaching s...

Harvard College will limit the number of students who can receive A grades
Education May 20, 2026

Harvard College will limit the number of students who can receive A grades

Mandatory cap on top grades at one of America’s most prestigious colleges will go into effect in fall of 2027Harvard faculty has voted to impose a roughly 20% cap on A grades in an effort to curb decades of grade inflation that, the faculty argues, degrades the value of top-tier academic achievement...