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Its system used to top international education rankings, and the Conservatives are intent on emulating the approach. But schooling in Sweden has fallen from grace. Continuing our series on teaching around the world, Yojana Sharma reports

A shortage of RE specialists is leaving pupils with only a rudimentary grasp of faiths, Yojana Sharma finds

Foreign languages in secondaries and beyond have slumped since compulsory post-14 study was abolished. But with 92 per cent of primaries now offering a language, the linguistic specialists of tomorrow may be en route. Yojana Sharma reports

With just three in 10 pupils taking history at GCSE, academics are worried that a class divide is opening up as the subject disappears from the state sector to become the preserve of the privately-educated. Yojana Sharma reports

It’s the fastest-growing GCSE, but some people think citizenship’s active content means it’s not academic enough to be an A-level. Yojana Sharma reports

By 2010, all seven to 11-year-olds will be required to study a foreign language. Yojana Sharma investigates what this means for schools