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A "ground-breaking" Court of Appeal judgement removes the protection previously given to thousands of people in divorce proceedings.

A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, are jailed for life.

More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.

A growing number of children in Britain are being abducted by a parent and taken overseas, the Foreign Office says.

Happily married, don't want kids - why is that so odd?

There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past year, official figures show.

Floating canal classroom takes pupils on journey through history

The education minister has approved funding for four Irish-medium schools, despite concern over the amount of unfilled places in existing schools.

Prominent atheists such as Richard Dawkins could set up their own 'free schools' in England, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.

Investment in England's school buildings will continue despite cuts to a major building programme, the Education Secretary says.

Nearly two-thirds of social workers say they do not have enough time to serve children and young people properly, an Ofsted survey finds.

A British schoolboy has stunned the art world by producing paintings that look like Picasso's.

Education Secretary Michael Gove has said the scrapped Building Schools for the Future programme was "misconceived" and suffered a number of flaws.

Could new mental health manual lead to over-diagnosis of childen?

The agency which looks after children's interests in English courts has not dealt efficiently with an increase in cases, an audit finds.

A five-year-old Irish boy who was wrongly accused of stealing a bag of crisps wins 7,500 euros damages for defamation of character.

Missed opportunities by professionals contributed to the death of Khyra Ishaq who starved to death weighing less than three stone, a report finds.

Officials are accused of ignoring advice to double-check their information before publishing a list of cancelled school building projects in England.

Babies whose mothers shower them with affection are better at coping with stress when they get older, researchers say.

MPs pass legislation which paves the way for a radical overhaul of the school system in England but some Lib Dem MPs rebel.