Anecdotal evidence suggests some schools actively discourage poorer pupils and Travellers from enrolling, a leading educationalist has said.

Children's education will suffer overall if their wellbeing and happiness is not taken into account, a leading educationalist has said.

A leading educationalist has been appointed today to head an inquiry into sexual abuse at a top Northern Ireland preparatory school.

This is the very group who received what one leading educationalist has called a "fantastic subsidy" when the Coalition Government abolished fees in 1994.