Education in Britain
UK government supports plans for military schools
By Liz Smith, February 8, 2012
Respublica, a Conservative Party think tank supported by British Prime Minister David Cameron, has proposed the setting up of military schools within the British school system.
London march against Academy status for schools
By Jo March, January 30, 2012
Over 1,000 London parents, children, teachers, and others protested government plans to force three local primaries to become academies.
London primary school mounts legal challenge over academy status
By Harvey Thompson, January 30, 2012
Downhills Primary School in Haringey, north London, has launched a legal challenge to Education Secretary Michael Gove’s attempt to force it to become an academy.
UK schools threatened with closure or privatisation
By Jo Marsh, December 5, 2011
England’s schools inspectorate, Ofsted, is carrying out trials on the latest of a series of measures designed to pressure schools into either taking on academy status or facing closure.
West Yorkshire, UK parents and teachers march against school privatisation
By Barbara Slaughter, November 30, 2011
More than 200 parents, teachers and residents of Otley, West Yorkshire, marched Saturday to oppose the transformation of their local senior school into a privately run academy.
UK academies pay managers up to £280,000
By Harvey Thompson, November 29, 2011
Reports show that privately controlled Academy schools are using a significant slice of public funds to pay senior staff six-figure salaries.
British authorities launch “Total Policing” at student protest
By Robert Stevens, November 11, 2011
The policing of Wednesday’s students protest in London was unprecedented in its repressive character.
”Our future shouldn’t be determined by a few rich people”
Students at London demonstration speak
By our reporters, November 11, 2011
A reporting team from the World Socialist Web Site spoke to some of those participating in Wednesday’s student protest in London
London student protest: Defend education with class struggle methods
By International Students for Social Equality (UK), November 9, 2011
This statement is being distributed at today’s protest in London in defence of education.
UK students priced out of university education
By Jordan Shilton, September 21, 2011
A report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) revealed that the United Kingdom is the third most expensive place in the world to acquire a degree qualification.
University in UK being closed off to the working class
By Alana Gorton, September 9, 2011
This summer witnessed a mad scramble for university places in England and Wales as thousands of students tried desperately to secure one of a dwindling number of places.
Social inequality proved to impact educational performance in UK
By Tania Kent, August 31, 2011
Two newly released studies have reaffirmed that poverty is the most significant barrier in educational achievement.
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