The Northern Hemisphere is welcoming Spring 2025 on March 20, also known as the vernal equinox. The jump into spring has come with celebrations and traditions of rebirth around the world for centuries ...

This story was updated to add new information. Spring has sprung, bringing warmer days and blooming flowers. Thursday is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere.

Londoners are a clever lot. Five of our unis are officially among the best in the world, we have England’s best private school and boast the only state school to be part of the World Leading Schools ...

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Data provided by the Independent Schools Council (ISC). Not all independent schools in the UK either submit their data to the ISC or are represented by the ISC. Fee information is per year and has ...

Spring has sprung, at least in Australia where the calendar ticking over to September means a change in the season. But not everywhere follows the same system. While Australia charts the seasons based ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The GCSE results gap between the south and the rest of England has widened. This year's results reveal London as the highest-performing region, with 72.5% of entries graded as at least 4/C, while the ...

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers have received their GCSE results with a slight drop in the proportion of top grades awarded from last year. The approach to grading in England returned to ...

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Today (Thursday, August 22), thousands of students are receiving their GCSE results from this summer's exams. Schools received all the results on Wednesday and they are typically available for ...