Keir Starmer is heading for a showdown with unions after he ruled out further increases in education and NHS budgets to fund pay rises. Schools and hospitals could be hit by strikes after unions...

A 14-year-old schoolgirl has been detained for 15 years for the attempted murder of two teachers and a pupil at a school in South Wales.The girl armed herself with her father's multi-tool before...

Girl, 14, who stabbed teachers sentenced to 15 years6 minutes agoMeleri WilliamsBBC NewsReporting fromSwansea Crown CourtCharlie BucklandBBC NewsA 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a...

Ministers face above projected teacher and NHS pay deals6 minutes agoHenry ZeffmanChief Political CorrespondentSam FrancisPolitical reporterPA MediaMillions of public sector workers should be given...

Urgent action is needed to bring down the cost of school uniforms to parents, according to the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. A draft law which will stop schools insisting parents buy more...

Teenage girl killed in French school stabbing attack2 days agoMaia DaviesBBC NewsReutersA teenage girl has been killed and three students were injured in a stabbing at a private school in western...

Actor Hugh Grant has gone on a scathing rant about technology in schools as he slammed his children's "pathetic" and "ridiculously posh" schools. The 64-year-old Bridget Jones actor has three...

Love triangle head jailed for wrench attack on deputy4 hours agoDavid GrundyBBC NewsIolo CheungBBC NewsReporting fromSwansea Crown CourtA head teacher attacked his deputy with a wrench after being...

French PM stunned as daughter reveals she was abused at scandal-hit school15 hours agoHenri AstierBBC NewsAFPFrench Prime Minister François Bayrou says his eldest daughter's revelation that she was...

French PM stunned as daughter reveals she was abused at scandal-hit school1 hour agoHenri AstierBBC NewsAFPFrench Prime Minister François Bayrou says his eldest daughter's revelation that she was...

French PM stunned as daughter reveals she was abused at scandal-hit school14 minutes agoHenri AstierBBC NewsAFPFrench Prime Minister François Bayrou says his eldest daughter's revelation that she...

US President Donald Trump is now taking them on and has withdrawn state funding from Harvard and other top American institutions in a campaign that we should ape in the UK.Furious at the failure to...

China executes man who stabbed Japanese school boy 4 hours agoKoh EweBBC NewsReporting fromSingaporeChika NakayamaBBC NewsReporting fromTokyoGetty ImagesChina has executed a man for fatally stabbing...

Five ways for first-time buyers to get on the housing ladder1 hour agoMarc AshdownBusiness correspondent, BBC NewsGetty ImagesMortgage rates are expected to come down over the next year, which could...