25 h. ago Suella Braverman's former private school faces closure because of Labour's VAT raid on fees

A private school once attended by Suella Braverman is facing closure because of Labour's 20 per cent VAT on fees.

Politics

30 h. ago Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer says his father 'did not suspect how deviant boarding school could be'

Charles Spencer has discussed why he wrote his memoir, A Very Private School, in an interview with the Times.

Politics

47 h. ago Labour's tax raid on private education set to claim another victim as independent school attended by Suella Braverman becomes latest to face closure

St Hilda's Prep School for Girls said it was 'consulting' on a potential closure this summer following the government's bombshell plans to introduce a 20 per cent VAT rate on fees.

Economics

62 h. ago ‘Horrendous’: the ‘ridiculously common’ lies people tell on CVs, and what happens when they are discovered

Fake reasons for leaving jobs, manipulated dates and inflated titles among most frequent falsehoodsIn 28 years of recruitment, Matt Collingwood has witnessed some “very awkward” job interviews. Like the candidate whose CV falsely boasted of a second-dan black belt in taekwondo, only to discover his interviewer was an aficionado of the sport. “An interview that should have been an hour lasted 15 minutes,” said Collingwood, the managing director of the IT recruitment agency Viqu.Or the candidate who claimed he had attended a certain private school, which his interviewer had also attended and would have been in the year above. But when asked for teachers’ names, the school motto, even where the sports field was, “he was clueless. Didn’t get the job.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Teenager who claimed his parents 'tricked' him into moving from London to Ghana to go to boarding school over fears he was in gang loses High Court bid to return to UK

The teenager was 13 when he travelled to the West African country on the pretense of seeing a sick relative only to find his parents had enrolled him in a private school.

Events

3 d. ago Scots private school teacher arrested amid police probe into 'online offence'

"A 23-year-old man from Aberdeen was arrested in connection with an online communications offence."

Events

3 d. ago Pupils from prestigious Scottish private school run in pitch dark in gruelling endurance challenge

Students at fee-paying school in Moray ran at night through woodland and mud

Politics

4 d. ago I lost £75,000 gambling. I took out loans for online casinos despite being a private school teacher. Then I had to tell my husband the truth: ANNIE MILLWARD

Few things have given me a greater thrill than buying a round of drinks for my family in a pub recently. Before that, if ever I had a spare £35 I'd blow it on a game of online roulette.

Economics

4 d. ago Scots private school teacher arrested as police probe 'online video'

Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen has suspended a male member of staff after a video reportedly emerged on social media.

Events

4 d. ago I earn up to £300,000 a year but I don't consider myself wealthy

Almudena Bernabeu earns a hefty pay packet, but compares herself against friends and peers earning millions of pounds each year.

Economics

4 d. ago I earn up to £300,000 a year as a barrister and my son goes to private school but I don't consider myself wealthy

Almudena Bernabeu earns a hefty pay packet, but compares herself against friends and peers earning millions of pounds each year.

Economics

5 d. ago South Carolina again faces showdown over spending public money on private school tuition

The South Carolina House has approved its own version of a bill that would let parents spend taxpayer money on private school tuition

Economics

5 d. ago West Lothian opposition councillors blast ruling Labour group after debate on closures blocked

West Lothian’s SNP leader Councillor Janet Campbell hit out after Provost Cathy Muldoon ruled SNP budget proposals for funds to ‘save’ this week could not be debated.

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6 d. ago History teacher, 39, at £40,000 a year private school banned from classrooms after secret sexual relationship with pupil

Paedophile Thomas Marriott was working as a history teacher and rowing coach when he embarked on the sordid relationship with a student at St Peter's School in York.

Economics

7 d. ago Headteacher pays tribute to private school pupil, 14, killed while skiing with his family in Italy and says 'community is deeply saddened'

Matthew Leggatt, from Bristol, lost his balance and crashed as he went down a red slope in the Cortina d'Ampezzo resort on Saturday morning, authorities said.

Events

7 d. ago Kootenai County town hall meeting in Idaho descends into chaos with unidentified men removing activist

Teresa Borrenpohl was dragged out of Coeur d'Alene High School by her wrists and ankles by three private security guards

Events

1 week ago Private primary school wants to build new classrooms to house more children

Planning application submitted for standalone buidling

Society

1 week ago Blue collar bourgeois! 'White van man' stereotype dismantled as research shows a third of tradies are privately educated

According to new figures from Mercedes-Benz Vans, '33 per cent of van drivers under the age of 35 went to private school' and 'just under half' have a degree - be it foundation, bachelor's or master's.

Events

1 week ago Scottish Labour faces union demonstration outside party conference over Grangemouth closure

EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Graham of Unite said the Grangemouth closure was "lining up to be a Labour own goal of historic proportions".

Politics

1 week ago 1 in 10 UK families plan to move abroad over new private school fees

A third of parents with children in private education in the UK are planning to leave the country in search of a better lifestyle - with one in 10 saying they're doing so to avoid the new VAT on private school fees

Politics