Staff and students are celebrating after being praised in a new report.

A disused commercial building could be turned into a special educational needs school if plans are approved.

Funding has been secured to open new “school-based nurseries” across several towns in a bid to tackle so-called childcare “deserts”.

An early years provider has been shut down by the education watchdog over concerns children may be exposed to a risk of harm.

A grammar school that boasted the top Ofsted rating of ‘Outstanding’ for 12 years has been downgraded across the board following an inspection.

A primary school is set to rent basic mobile phones to families as part of efforts to successfully implement a smartphone ban among pupils.

Two family and children centres have been saved — only to see the majority of their funding from the county council axed.

A Kent university has been named in a fraudulent student loan scandal, with fake applicants targetting the UK scheme for millions.

A watchdog has handed a £65,000 per year school with more horses than pupils a mixed review.

A former council leader has appeared on the Kent Politics Podcast to talk about his long career and to criticise past opponents and colleagues.

A troubled Kent secondary school has made improvements after a damning Ofsted report – but the new head says “there remains much to do".

A bus driver has been suspended while a transport company investigates how a bus carrying school children careered into a verge.

Students have seen lectures cancelled as university staff strike this week over the threat of future redundancies.

Nurseries and childminders across the county say they are being “set up to fail” by “underfunded” changes to the government’s “free” childcare offer.

Extra school places will be made available for children across a borough after parents fumed over their children’s placements.

Flats and houses could join Aldi on the site of a former school if given the nod by council planning chiefs.

A secondary school is considering changing its uniform policy so all pupils wear trousers - following complaints about short skirts.

A primary school has issued a warning to parents after reports of an older man approaching young people.

A school is celebrating after receiving its latest Ofsted report.

A headteacher who turned around the fortunes of a "broken school" has announced he will be stepping down to join another trust.