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
Nadine Dorries: Teenage girls should be taught how to say no to sex
MPs narrowly pass first reading of Nadine Dorries' bill to start classes in abstinence for girls aged 13 to 16
Hope and ambition at the school for teenage mothers
When a 15-year-old has a baby, it doesn't have to mean the end of her education and her hopes of a career. Amelia Hill visits the school that treats motherhood as an opportunity
Jamie Oliver’s brain food crusade runs aground as school dinners hit £2.60
Healthy meals mean better grades, insists television's top chef Jamie Oliver, but price rises put progress at risk
Shock tactics: Treatment or torture?
Ed Pilkington visits the Boston school that uses electric shock as a treatment for children and adults with severe autism or emotional problems