School Life

An apprenticeship might sound like a hold over from the Middle Ages, but forget about the quaint name because these training programmes offer a host...

In a perfect world, all teachers would be interesting, fun, devoted to educating students and dedicated to encouraging them down their chosen paths....

Choosing a college or university can be on e of the most important decisions of a teenager's life. This article offers advice to teens about basing...

Every student must deal with disappointing grades at one time or another. This article offers advice on finding help, setting up a study space,...

New Diplomas for 14 - 19 year olds provide unique opportunities for students, but not everyone understands these new qualifications. This article...

Exams are nerve-wracking, stomach-churning, earth-shattering events. Everyone who has ever taken an exam remembers the racing pulse, damp palms and...

Leaving secondary school can be scary. This article offers information on options for the future including taking a gap year, continuing your...

When you move from primary school to senior school a lot of things change. You no longer have just one teacher for every subject. You’ll move from...

As a student, there are few more important things you can do than ask for homework and revision help when needed. This article offers students...

In 1999 all schools in the United Kingdom were required to implement an anti-bullying policy, but most research since then has confirmed that levels...

Everyday students in the UK undertake work experience. This article offers advice on how work experience will help your career, information on the...

Sometimes adults forget the worries that children have. The problems kids have may pale insignificance to ‘grown up’ issues like paying the...

It’s never easy moving schools. You’re settled in the school you’re in, you have your friends and you know your teachers and you just don’t want...

Advanced Level (A-level) subjects can be frightening. Their very name suggests a challenge, and knowing that universities will be looking at the...

GCSEs are a common educational qualification achieved by secondary school students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This article offers...

Your prom is a once in a lifetime experience, a night that you'll remember for the rest of your life. The pictures you take that evening will be...

Very often secondary students are assigned research projects but are not given any direction for how to complete the research. Making a detailed...

Surviving the monotony of a school day can be bad enough, but when you have to worry about school gangs as well it's enough to make any student want...

School dinners in the UK are in a state of transition. This article offers a review of the healthy school dinner initiatives being run in England,...

First up, let's make it clear that smoking is not big and it's not clever. Starting smoking is often the first thing people will say they...

Apprenticeships offer young people the chance to gain an education, practical skills, technical qualifications and a salary all at the same time....

Truancy is a problem sweeping not just the UK, but the entire world. Every day millions of students play truant and miss their classes, even after...

Fitting in is an elusive desire. We all want to be true to ourselves, but we know that some compromise will probably be required to be accepted by...