Fury as 13-year-old pupils get pregnancy tests at school

Education officials have been condemned for giving pregnancy tests to thousands of schoolgirls. Girls as young as thirteen are to be offered routine tests in high schools in Liverpool and Wirral as part of a teenage health drive on Merseyside. Liverpool health chiefs are planning to fund a pilot project in...

The Times State Secondary School of the Year 2009

Nearly 400 years ago Edward Latymer, a wealthy merchant, set up a bequest to provide “eight poore boies” from Edmonton in north London with a doublet, pair of breeches, shirt, pair of woolen stockings and shoes. In return for being clothed and educated up to the age of 13, the boys had to wear...

Charity plans to open first Hindu faith secondary school

Britain could have its first secondary Hindu faith school within six years under plans announced in London yesterday. Sites in Barnet and Harrow in northwest London are being considered for the 1,000-pupil faith school. The I-Foundation, a Hindu charity, is also examining a site in Leicester for a new...

Thousands of A-level students launch protest over ‘unfair’ exam

Facebook protests about A-level biology exams are growing. Thousands of teenagers launched an online protest yesterday about a biology A-level exam paper they say was unfair. And today another protest on the social networking website is raising concerns about an OCR A-level biology taken on Monday. More...