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Not even a royal wedding is as good at lifting the gloom as hearing about the inspirational work going on in our schools. While the economic downturn is squeezing budgets everywhere – and more cuts are on the way – schools across the UK are still managing to push the boundaries.

In a school of `world-weary girls’, the actress learnt that enthusing about literature was `cool’

In the first of an occasional series on turning around failing schools, Nick Morrison reports on how a secondary in High Wycombe discarded its reputation as `the Prison on the Hill’. But it has taken far more than motivational slogans to get on the path to sustainable success

When two young men were jailed this year for sexual offences against children in Derby, a horrifying picture emerged of multiple rape and degradation. But can teachers do more to stop pupils falling prey to these gangs, especially when many refuse to perceive themselves as victims?

An ex-Army man who ruled with a rod of iron comes in at No1 for the Slade singer