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Richard Adams

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Richard Adams is the Guardian's education editor

June 2026

  • Pupils sit around a table writing in their schoolbooks

    The London school that has screen-free days for pupils, teachers – and parents

    Holy Family Catholic primary school says enthusiastic response from parents has been biggest surprise
  • Students raise their hands as the teacher stands at the front of the classroom

    Number of teachers in England’s state schools drops for second year in row

    Despite Labour’s promises to increase recruitment, school census shows a fall of nearly 2,000 teachers since last year
  • Students sitting exams, seen from behind.

    Smartglasses and earpieces may worsen exam cheating in schools, says Ofqual

    Stronger checks likely to be needed in England to safeguard reputation of GCSE, AS and A-levels, says Ian Bauckham

May 2026

  • A stone archway sits between King's College buildings on a pedestrianised street

    UK universities warn of cuts for impoverished students if dire funding issues continue

  • Bridget Phillipson on a school sports field reaching out to catch a rounders ball

    Primary schools to lose out as Labour scraps 2012 Olympic legacy sports grant

  • Children raising their hands in a classroom

    ‘Attainment at all costs’ approach could undermine Send changes, school leaders in England say

  • View from top of Great St Mary's church tower looking north to Trinity College and St John's College chapel tower in Cambridge.

    Sons of jailed Saudi scholars urge Cambridge to drop plans to train Riyadh staff

  • King’s College and Cranfield hope to be stronger together in surprise merger

  • King’s College London to merge with Cranfield University

  • Thousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancy

  • Cambridge University seeks deal with Saudi defence ministry despite rights concerns

  • Labour MP says she will trigger leadership contest by Monday if cabinet does not launch challenge – as it happened

  • Sexual harassment more than twice as prevalent at England’s top universities, analysis finds

  • ‘Close to zero impact’: US study casts doubt on effect of phone ban in schools

April 2026

  • Graduation ceremony at University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich showing students in caps and gowns.File photo dated 19/10/15 of a graduation ceremony at University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich. Professor Arif Ahmed, director for freedom of speech and academic freedom at the Office for Students (OfS), will give his first major speech at an event at King's College London on Monday and set out his priorities for the role. His appointment by the Government earlier this year followed the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act and protests surrounding feminist Professor Kathleen Stock's talk to the Oxford Union over her views on gender identity. Issue date: Monday October 9, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story EDUCATION Universities . Photo credit should read: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

    Office for Students’ University of Sussex humiliation is a symptom of deeper failings

  • Sussex University entrance

    University of Sussex overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claim

  • Girl raising her hand in a secondary school class

    Teaching in classes grouped by ability does not hamper progress of less able pupils, study finds

  • A teacher works with two pupils on a science experiment

    Officials too slow to act on falling pupil numbers in England, says watchdog

  • Sharp fall in number of children entering reception classes in London

  • English councils need to hire 1,400 more educational psychologists, says report

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