Schools are "picking up the pieces" as more children start reception without key skills such as speaking in full sentences or using the toilet independently, teaching unions have told the BBC. A third ...

The falling birthrate and an exodus of families with young children out of the city means there will be almost a thousand empty places in Bristol’s primary school Reception classes for a second year ...

Lorena's doctoral research is funded by the Cambridge Trust and MariaMarina Foundation. Her fieldwork was supported by the Department of Politics and International Studies of the University of ...