Tangerines at English WikipediaUK private schools shed international pupils as VAT and visa costs bite
Eighteen months after Britain applied VAT to private school fees, the latest census shows independent-school rolls — and overseas enrolment — still falling, with knock-on effects for the international sector that recruits the same families.
15 July 2026·5 min read
Schools scramble to write the rulebook for classroom AI
With pupils and teachers already using generative AI daily, education systems are rushing out guidance and legislation — an early, uneven attempt to set the terms before the technology sets them.
10 July 2026
Families & AdmissionsBritish school brands race into Vietnam and the Gulf
A run of new campus openings for 2026-27 shows where international-school demand is growing fastest — Vietnam and Saudi Arabia — as famous British names plant flags in booming local markets.
8 July 2026
褒忠國中 雲端網IB scores edge up again as a record May cohort collects results
The International Baccalaureate’s May 2026 session drew its largest-ever cohort and a slightly higher global average, extending a steady post-pandemic recovery — even as war forced some candidates to be graded on teacher assessment.
6 July 2026·4 min read
The revolving door at the top of international schools
A fresh wave of headship changes for 2026-27 has put a familiar problem back in focus: international-school leaders rarely stay long, and the churn is costly for the schools they leave behind.
1 July 2026
Families & AdmissionsLong waits, high stakes: the scramble for a school place
In the busiest markets, families are discovering that the hardest part of international schooling is not the fees — it is getting a place at all.
30 June 2026
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Tangerines at English WikipediaUK private schools shed international pupils as VAT and visa costs bite
Eighteen months after Britain applied VAT to private school fees, the latest census shows independent-school rolls — and overseas enrolment — still falling, with knock-on effects for the international sector that recruits the same families.
15 July 2026·5 min read
Phone-free classrooms become the rule, not the exception
More than half the world’s education systems now restrict smartphones in schools, and from September England makes it statutory — the clearest sign yet that the global mood on classroom phones has turned.
29 June 2026
Policy & RegulationDubai holds its inspection pause — and the ratings that set fees
Dubai's schools regulator has carried its pause on full inspections into a second year, freezing the ratings that determine what schools may charge and leaving parents to weigh cost certainty against fresh, public quality data.
18 June 2026
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The International Baccalaureate’s May 2026 session drew its largest-ever cohort and a slightly higher global average, extending a steady post-pandemic recovery — even as war forced some candidates to be graded on teacher assessment.
6 July 2026·4 min read
Gulf exam halls fall silent as boards switch to teacher-assessed grades
Regional conflict forced the major exam boards to cancel summer 2026 sittings across several Middle East countries, replacing them with coursework, portfolios and teacher assessment for tens of thousands of international-school candidates.
20 June 2026
Curriculum & AssessmentThe IB puts its first exams on screen
The International Baccalaureate ran its first live on-screen Diploma exams in May 2026, opening a phased shift to digital assessment that widens to any IB World School from November.
12 May 2026
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With pupils and teachers already using generative AI daily, education systems are rushing out guidance and legislation — an early, uneven attempt to set the terms before the technology sets them.
10 July 2026·5 min read
AI lifts output, not understanding — the warning schools can’t ignore
As generative AI becomes a fixture of student life, a growing body of research suggests it can inflate what pupils produce while leaving what they actually learn worryingly flat.
15 June 2026
TechnologyThe Canvas breach: one hack, millions of students exposed
A cyberattack on Instructure’s Canvas — the learning platform used by thousands of schools worldwide — exposed the data of millions of pupils and staff and knocked the system offline in the middle of exam season.
8 May 2026
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