Sir Martyn Oliver used his annual report to state the influence of social media 'clearly plays a part' in driving disruptive behaviour through eroding children's patience for learning.
Labour accused of 'educational vandalism' as it moves to 'dumb down' curriculum by scrapping flagship Tory drive towards 'tough' GCSEs in favour of 'Mickey Mouse' subjects
This year's Times Higher Education (THE) league tables found that while some of our universities are still world-leading, there are 'clear warning signs of UK decline'.
Official figures reveal 35 per cent of state schools and colleges had no pupils taking exams in any of the three most popular modern foreign languages last year.