BBC Education (Important news for the UK)

Important educational news for the UK.

• Screen time for under-fives should be limited to one hour a day, parents told

  New government guidance also suggests children under-two should not be watching screens alone.

• 'If my kids didn't have screen time, I'd never get anything done'

  Parents say new government guidance on restricting children's screen time has to be "realistic".

• Home education cut could 'break' children, says mum

  Barnsley Council's target to reduce home education by 30% is branded "unlawful" by campaigners.

• Number of pupils missing more than half of school hits another record high

  School absence in England has improved overall, but those with additional needs are missing more school.

• Campaigners welcome Meta and YouTube's defeat in landmark social media addiction trial

  A woman has been awarded $6m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US.