| SCHOOLING | Two thirds decide to split support for education |
| BEANBAG | Headcase split support for student? (7) |
| GRANT | President's support for education |
| BLACK | Unofficial Labour leader splits support |
| REND | Some children decide to split |
| RESOLVE | Firmly decide to split up |
| PLAYINGCARDS | Set of paper rectangles that are numbered or illustrated (or both) and are used for playing games (as well as for education, for divination, and for conjuring, among other uses). Rummy, poker, euchre, |
| OFSTED | Acronym for English regulatory body for education (6) |
| LEARNING | Tendency to include reading perhaps for education (8) |
| CANED | Is it possible for education to result from being beaten? (5) |
| SCHOLARSHIP | Grant of money awarded to pay for education, books, etc (11) |
| LITERACY | Best to snub leader with lively goal for education |
| TUTORING | Trade union to call for education (8) |
| GOVE | Michael ?, Conservative MP for Surrey Heath; Secretary of State for Education from 2010-14 |
| SCHEDULE | Timetable for education in a German school (8) |
| PRENTICE | Reg ___, Secretary of State for Education from 1974-75 (8) |
| JOSEPH | Keith ---, Secretary of State for Education and Science from 1981-86 (6) |
| MORRIS | Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001-02 |
| ESTELLE | Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001-02 (7,6) |
| FIRSTCLASS | Excellent start for education (5-5) |
