Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), says the body would need to work with the ‘whole of education’ to create a culture for their own needs and not the government.

The trans community does not receive the same support given to other minority groups, according to prominent trans activist and organiser of Manchester Sparkle OBE Jenny-Anne Bishop.

John Morgan, secretary for the Manchester Union of Teachers (NUT), believes that teachers are being forced out of the profession through ‘intolerable pressure’ by Ofsted.

As the GCSE results gender gap widens, a Manchester education boss is claiming the exams don’t just make boys feel stupid but girls too ‘even when they’re not’.

Julie Ward MEP, whose sister is a teacher, believes that ‘knee-jerk’ government interventions in offering incentives for STEM recruits has prompted further crisis in the education system.

A national report by the Centre of Economic and Business Research (CERB) has revealed that the cost of raising a child to the age of 21 was up by £5,000 last year.

Details today emerged of a possible scheme from LGBT Youth North West to create a school for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people in the city.

Bolton West MP Julie Hilling is backing the British Heart Foundation’s push to make it compulsory for children to learn life-saving skills in school.

More than half of Tameside’s secondary schools are inadequate or require improvement, according to Ofsted’s annual report.

Manchester has been voted in the top 50 student cities in the world – and top three in the UK, according to the QS Best Student Cities poll.

Parents in the North West believe the school curriculum and consumer technology are stifling their children’s creativity, according to a new study.