BBC Education (Important news for the UK)

Important educational news for the UK.

• Phones to be banned from pupils' bags or pockets under stricter rules for schools in England

  The government says it is strengthening its guidance for schools in England, which came into force in June.

• Society needs to act to help white working-class pupils, inquiry says

  The education secretary says she is backing the inquiry to "get to the heart of the barriers holding children back".

• Secondary schools told to stop teaching GCSEs before Year 10

  The government says pupils in Year 7 to 9 should have "richer, more engaging" learning than preparing for GCSEs.

• Nandy rejects claims of politicising Remembrance Sunday after Erasmus row

  The culture secretary says the UK rejoining the EU's study and work scheme will help honour wartime sacrifice.

• 'Misleading' student loans information left out examples of higher-salary repayments

  The Treasury Committee chair says she is "shocked" after one university compared repayments to the price of coffee.