Major beauty retailer to open first store in Kent

A multinational beauty retailer is set to open its first store at Kent’s largest shopping centre.

‘How can they justify this?’ - 25 head teachers respond to special needs shake-up plan

A shake-up of special educational needs school placements in Kent has sparked a furious backlash from head teachers.

Call to give 16-year-olds the vote

A Kent council is to “hold the Prime Minister’s feet to the fire” over his failure to introduce voting for 16-year-olds in the King’s Speech.

‘I’m absolutely terrified. What will this mean for children?’

Education plans to send children with special needs to mainstream schools have been branded ‘terrifying and damaging’.

Rising basketball star ‘devastated’ after injury risks future career

A rising basketball and football star needs to raise £11,000 for reconstructive surgery after injuring her knee.

College saves axed hair and beauty course

Hair and beauty students who’d been told they wouldn’t get a grade after their course was scrapped will be able to sit their exams after all.

Child Benefit warning for one million families at risk of payments stopping

Child Benefit payments will stop for more than a million families this summer unless parents with teenagers staying in education update their claim.

School retains ‘outstanding’ rating 12 years after last inspection

A grammar school has received the highest possible rating from a school regulation more than a decade after it was last inspected.

‘We don’t need any more memorial benches’: Mums vow to tackle teen mental health crisis

Three mums who have lost their sons to suicide in the past four years have bravely come together to try and make a lasting difference.

Students face disqualification if they search for leaked exam papers online

As GCSEs and A levels get underway there’s a stern warning about the risks associated with cheating - including pupils taking phones into tests.