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Parent Power 2024: The Times releases its list of Best UK schools & league table

The Sunday Times releases Parent Power 2024 UK guide

The manager of The Beatles Story Mary Chadwick, with Mayor of Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram, holding a Penny Lane street sign which was stolen by drunk students and has been returned to Liverpool 47 years later which will go on display in The Beatles Story museum (Kevin Matthews/PA Wire)

The Beatles: Penny Lane street sign stolen in the 70s finally returned

Is it time the minimum voting age was lowered to 16?

We can swing elections: Now is the time to let 16 year olds vote Poppy McBeath

Childline has become inundated with calls from youngsters about their mental health. (Picture: Adobe Stock)

Kids from poorer areas less likely to get proper mental health support

Students use canoes to help pedestrians cross flooded road

Teachers at a secondary school in Cambridgeshire are taking strike action over "draconian" behaviour rules which leave some students "living in fear". Credit: Getty Images

Teachers to strike over school rules which make pupils 'live in fear'

ctor Matthew Perry speaks during the 2012 NHL Awards at the Encore Theater at the Wynn Las Vegas on June 20, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

Remembering the dramatic turns of the late Matthew Perry

Children at St Leonard's Catholic School in Durham are still learning from home due to 'crumbly' RAAC concrete. Credit: Left: Getty Images / Centre: PA / Right: PA

'Forgotten' children still learning from home due to RAAC concrete

Students in England spend almost all of their university maintenance loans on rent, according to a new report by Unipol. Credit: Getty Images

University students in England have '£24 a year to live on after rent'

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an incredibly rare 5000-year-old Neolithic tomb (National Museums Scotland)

Skeletons found in 'incredibly rare' 5,000-year-old tomb in UK islands

A general view of scaffolding at Balbardie Primary School on September 04, 2023 in Bathgate, Scotland, after its buildings were found to contain RAAC. Credit: Getty Images

43 more schools found to have crumbly RAAC concrete

A teacher speaks to a pupil in a classroom at Whitchurch High School on 14 September, 2021 in Cardiff, Wales. Credit: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

When is October half-term 2023? School holiday dates across the UK

The top 10 messaging mishaps parents do when talking to their kids

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak paints a bee during a visit to the Busy Bees nursery in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, on August 21, 2023. (Photo by Danny Lawson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by DANNY LAWSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Advanced British Standard - when will A-levels & T Levels be scrapped?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak waves as he and wife Akshata Murty leave following his speech during the final day of the Conservative Party Conference (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Teenagers like me know that Rishi's education plans don't add up Poppy McBeath

The Prime Minister has unveiled plans to scrap A-levels in a huge shake-up to the UK’s education system. Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images

A-levels and T Levels to be scrapped, Rishi Sunak announces

The University of Exeter will offer a masters degree in magic in 2024. Credit: Artem Maltsev on Unsplash

Masters degree in magic to be offered at UK university

A university is offering the first ever UK degree which will teach people how to become a professional social media influencer. Image by Adobe Photos.

You can now get a UK degree become a social media influencer

Large stretches of the M53 are closed this morning (Friday) due to an accident involving an overturned vehicle. Photo: Google Maps

School bus carrying pupils overturns on M53 with casualties confirmed

NationalWorld reporter Rochelle Barrand has said he hated university during the first year - and has urged any current students who are also unhappy to speak to someone about it. Stock photo by Adobe Photos.

It's okay if you don't love university - it may be awful, not amazing Rochelle Barrand

Freshers Week 2022 kicked off on Sunday, September 18.

Drinking culture & risky behaviour - freshers' week set to see changes

Pupils from Corpus Christi Catholic School, Brixton arrive at St Martin’s in the Field Girls’ School in London, as they are relocated after their school was affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Picture date: Tuesday September 5, 2023. Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Updated list of schools in England affected by RAAC

The best UK universities have been revealed in The Times Good University Guide 2024. Photo by Adobe Photos.

The top 20 UK universities according to Good University Guide 2024

Ruby Reid. Credit: David Vickers / SWNS

Girl given detention for ‘not wearing school jumper’ during heatwave

Digging out the truth on the UK's reaction to Malcolm X visit By The Newsroom

Students from St Andrews University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honour the 'academic family' (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

The best UK universities as St Andrews leads the pack in 2023 rankings

Campaign against expensive school uniform

‘I fought my daughter’s school over its extortionate uniform costs’

There are seven big money changes that could affect your wallet coming in September 2023 including Universal Credit and student loans shake-ups.

Cost of living: 7 money changes to be aware of in September 2023

Exam stress is on the rise

GCSE exams are outdated and teenagers deserve better Poppy McBeath

Year 6 school teacher Ketrina Teresa (right) has shared her top back to school tips for fellow teachers. Photos Adobe Photos (left) and TikTok (right) Composite image by NationalWorld/Kim Mogg.

Teacher shares 2 things she'll do differently in 2023/24 academic year

Tiktokers share their best back to school hacks for parents and carers. Photos by Adobe Photos. Composite image by NationalWorld/Mark Hall.

Tiktokers share 9 best back to school hacks for parents and carers

From bank accounts to electric blankets - here are Which?’s top buys for university students (image: Adobe)

Which? reveals its top buys for university students

From top left clockwise: Zoey Coffey, 18, Grace McSweeney, 18, Nicole Murphy, 18, and Luke McSweeney, 24

School welcomes students ‘in grief’ after four people killed in crash

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

British slang guide created for international healthcare staff

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across England received their GCSE results yesterday (24 August), and a breakdown of grades by county has revealed a growing north-south divide. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Explainer GCSE results in England broken down by county as regional divides grow

GCSE exam question may be harder than you first thought..

Could you answer GCSE exam questions designed for 15 to 16-year-olds?

Here’s what you can do if you fail your GCSE exams. (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

How to resit your GCSE exams if you fail

GCSE grades and grade boundaries explained for 2023. Credit: Getty Images

GCSE grades and grade boundaries explained for 2023

Lisa Nguyen (L) and Scarlett Granger (R) react as they receive their GCSE results at the City of London Academy on August 24, 2023 in London, England. Credit: Getty Images

Top GCSE grades fall but remain above pre-pandemic levels

GCSE results: what did some of Britain’s favourite personalities get?

GCSE results: what did some of Britain’s favourite personalities get?

GCSEs “hold back young people and the country as a whole,” the Tony Blair Institute has said, as it renewed its calls to scrap the exams and replace them with a new system. Credit: Getty Images

Exclusive GCSEs ‘holding young people back’ and should be scrapped, says TBI

A headteachers’ union has called for a more “humane” GCSE exam system in order to prevent teenagers becoming trapped in a “demoralising” cycle of retakes when they do not pass Maths or English. Credit: Getty Images

Headteachers call for a more ‘humane’ GCSE exam system

Nandos is giving away free chicken for students on results day

Free food for GCSE students on results day - including Nando’s

Souhaib Boettgenbach (Centre) reacts as he sees his GCSE results at Westminster Academy on 25 August, 2022 in London, England. Credit: Getty Images

GCSE results day 2023 - full guide including when grades are released

Pupils at Eton College hurry between lessons March 1, 2004 wearing the school uniform of tailcoats and starched collars, in Eton, England. (Image: Graeme Robertson/Getty Images)

3 Eton-led state sixth forms among new free schools

City workers walk towards the City Of London financial district in central London, England.

A-levels: how have the UK's most common jobs changed in a decade?

Twins George (left) and Jonny (right) both achieved excellent A-level results.

Twins get identical A-level results - and are off to same university

There are plenty of jobs in the UK which offer high salaries without requiring a university degree. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

10 high-paying UK jobs which don't need a university degree

You have several options if your A Level results were not as good as you hoped (image: Getty Images)

Explainer How A-Level resits work: everything you should know about exam retakes

According to exams regulator Ofqual, this year’s national results will be lower than last year but are expected to be similar to those in 2019. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

"It hasn't sunk in yet": A-Level joy and pain as students reveal results

Members of teaching staff react to a student’s results after receiving his A-Level results at City of London Academy on August 17, 2023 in London, England. Credit: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images

A-level grade boundaries for AQA, OCR and Edexcel released

Students at Brighton Girls school in Brighton, East Sussex, receive their A-level results. Date: Thursday August 17, 2023. PA Photo. Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Top A-level grades fall but remain above pre-pandemic levels

For the first time in 2022, around 1,000 students received their T Level results - but a committee of MPs has raised concerns about them.

What are T Levels? Qualification meaning, what subjects are available?

Don’t panic about A-Level results; these people didn’t do well either

Jeremy Clarkson's A-Level Results Day Tweets: humbrags and controversy