Britain’s overall education scheme isn’t exactly weak. 93% of the school-age population attend state-funded schools, many of which have an excellent record when it comes to securing university places for its pupils.

Amid cancelled exams due to the coronavirus, UK ministers may take comfort from the country’s modest gains in the international PISA tests at the end of last year.

When Patricia Ajayi was seven years old and living in Nigeria, she and her sister were taken away on ‘holiday’ with her grandmother and ‘cut’, without the knowledge of their parents.

Environment comes above both education and employment, according to recent North West figures in a poll conducted by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature).

Sportswear firm Umbro have scouted 13-year-old Katie Higgins and want to design a logo and merchandise.

In the June 2016 referendum, the city of Manchester had the fifth highest vote to Remain in the EU with 60% – here MM take a look at what the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester have done in preparation for the March 29 European exit.

Eighty-four kids from Greater Manchester schools, who participate in the ‘EdStart’ program, were among the 85,870 Wembley crowd which shows that the future of the sport on these shores is in safe hands.

For the modern generation, gaming has become part of day to day life. MM went down to speak to Manchester’s Access Creative College staff and students about the college’s innovative work and future plans for expansion.

A University of Manchester alumna has finally received her graduation certificate 80 years after completing her degree in English.

A diverse school in Withington is teaching business skills to pupils as young as four in a bid to create the leaders of tomorrow.

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has put his full weight behind a programme to rid our learning environment of “exam factories” once and for all.