Children starting secondary schools in England this week will be the first to be legally required to stay in education until they are 17.
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Pupils shine with record GCSE results
Teenagers and teachers across the Black Country and Staffordshire were today celebrating some of the region’s best-ever GCSE results.
Students get GCSE results
Thousands of teenagers across the UK will receive their GCSE grades in what is expected to be another record year for results.
Shayan, 10, gets computing AS
A budding web designer was celebrating today after achieving a C grade in his computing AS-level – at the age of ten.
A-level passes and A grades up
There has been another increase in the A-level pass rate and the proportion of entries awarded the top A grade.
Put A-level results day in the picture
As thousands of teenagers prepare to pick up their A-level results, the Express & Star wants you to capture the big moment on camera.
Half of schools are too popular
More than half of Dudley borough’s secondary schools do not have enough places to meet demand from parents clamouring to get their first choice for children joining next term, it was revealed today.
Share your A-level highs and lows
The all-important A-level results are just around the corner and, whether full of cheers or tears, the Express & Star wants to see your pictures.
Colleges to merge in overhaul
Two of Walsall’s colleges are to merge, creating a new centre of learning for the community.
Sale of school land delayed by challenge
The sale of the grounds of a doomed Black Country school has been delayed after councillors challenged the release of the land.
Asda’s £4 school uniform sparks price war
Supermarket giant Asda today triggered a school uniform price war as it unveiled what it claims is the cheapest uniform ever – costing just £4.
Buzz about university’s electric vans
Staffordshire University is beating the prices at the pumps with a pair of electric vans.
Full sats shambles revealed
The full shambles of the Sats exam results meltdown across the Black Country and Staffordshire can today be revealed.
Strike set to close schools
Schools around the Black Country and Staffordshire will be plunged into chaos this week when thousands of classroom assistants, dinner ladies and caretakers go on strike.
Joy at failing college’s turnaround
A Black Country college which was heavily criticised by Government inspectors in a report just over a year ago has dramatically transformed its fortunes according to the latest review.
University could open at new i54 site
The University of Wolverhampton will be one of the main players on the city’s flagship i54 business park with a multi-million-pound training and technology centre, the Express & Star can reveal today.
Schools boss in vow on funds for revamp
A pledge to secure funding to rebuild or revamp outdated secondary schools in Dudley has been made by education bosses.
University stripped of recognition on course
A masters degree course at the University of Wolverhampton has been stripped of its official recognition due to “serious concerns” about its leadership, it emerged today.
Writer vows to get children reading
Acclaimed children’s author Allan Ahlberg paid a visit to his Black Country home town to open a conference aimed at getting more youngsters reading.
Special status brings cash boost
A school in the Black Country which caters for children with learning difficulties will receive a £300,000 cash boost after it gained recognition for the way pupils communicate.
Pupils rewarded for healthy living
Schoolchildren from across Staffordshire gathered to receive national awards in recognition of their efforts to live healthy lives.
School joy as revamp is complete
Celebrations have been under way this week as a newly revamped Stafford school held its official reopening ceremony.
League table woe for city university
Wolverhampton is lingering near to the bottom in a league ranking the country’s best universities.
‘Failing’ schools face ultimatum
Scores of West Midland schools were given an ultimatum today to improve their GCSE results or face being closed and turned into academies.
Failing schools face closure
Nearly one in five secondary schools in England are to be given a warning to improve exam results or face closure.
Pupils fined in litter crackdown
Nearly 80 children at schools in a Black Country borough have been handed £75 fines for dropping litter in a series of sting operations since September last year, the Express & Star can reveal.
Struggling school chalks up success
A Black Country primary school is starting to turn the corner following a recent visit by Government inspectors which highlighted a number of concerns.
£28m bid to raise school standards
Schools Minister Jim Knight today promised the Black Country’s children new opportunities to break free from the area’s cycle of industrial decline.
High demand for private schools
Demand for private schools is at a five-year high, despite the credit crunch and successive above-inflation fee increases.
