Former Ofsted chief considers ending life at assisted suicide clinic
Chris Woodhead, who has motor neurone disease, praises 'dignified' Swiss Dignitas facility
Students warned of meningitis risk
Health Protection Agency to highlight dangers as college lifestyle allows infection to spread quickly, say experts
Back-to-school bugs
Children can catch an array of gruesome-sounding illnesses off fellow pupils. But don't worry, few are as bad as you might think
Miller Mair obituary
Clinical psychologist who fought against 1950s orthodoxy
Olympics 2012: Sport as important as maths and English, says Edwards
Triple jump gold medallist urges government to make sport as much of a part of the curriculum as traditional academic subjects
Family under the microscope
How teenagers lose sleep over their school days
Dragged back to the dark ages
Michele Hanson: Faith schools are flourishing, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service is replaced by anti-abortion group Life as a government adviser . . . and the Rapture is still on the cards. Help!
Anti-abortion group drafted in as sexual health adviser to government
Coalition appoints pro-abstinence charity Life to key sexual health forum, while omitting British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Children growing weaker as computers replace outdoor activity
Modern life is 'producing a generation of weaklings', claims research as physical strength declines in 10-year-olds
Nadine Dorries’s abstinence bill is a definite no-no
Sarah Ditum: Dorries wants just girls to be taught how to say no to sex. Such grim sexism is a bad way to prepare children for relationships