BBC: Education

• Tuition fees must go up, unis say as term begins

  As freshers get settled in, a group of unis is calling for inflation-linked fee hikes in England.

• What will happen when VAT is added to private school fees?

  The Labour government's changes will come into effect in January 2025

• 'I got a £44,000 student loan - now I owe £54,000’

  The new repayment rate for student loans started this month but for some graduates the debt pile keeps growing.

• London primary school numbers to drop by 52,000

  Primary school numbers in London are set to fall at double the national average, putting pressure on budgets.

• One of England's biggest school academy trusts to ban phone use

  Ormiston Academies Trust is removing access to phones for 35,000 pupils at its 42 schools.