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Grammars pressed over poor pupils (11 October 05:22) |
| Grammar schools take half the rate of poor bright pupils than non-selective state schools, research suggests. |
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Independent schools' leader quits (10 October 06:33) |
| Tim Hastie-Smith, chairman of the organisation for the most prestigious private schools, has resigned. |
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Academy sponsor seeks to withdraw (10 October 06:25) |
| A private firm seeks to end its sponsorship of a city Academy in Middlesbrough. |
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Private head pulls out of academy (09 October 10:30) |
| A headmaster who was due to leave the private sector to take charge of a Kettering academy pulls out. |
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Admission flaws in many schools (09 October 09:50) |
| A watchdog says half of schools in England which control their own admissions are breaching a new code. |
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Half schools have admission flaws (09 October 08:45) |
| The schools admissions watchdog for England says half of schools are breaching a new code. |
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Pupils' well-being to be measured (09 October 07:55) |
| Details of plans to hold schools to account on a wide range of measures of pupil well-being are published. |
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Desperately seeking head teacher (09 October 05:04) |
| Pupils set up stall at a major education show in a bid to recruit a head teacher. |
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Head search (09 October 05:04) |
| Pupils set up stall to find a head teacher |
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Wait goes on for pupil allowances (09 October 03:11) |
| Hundreds of thousands of students are still not getting their educational maintenance allowances, figures show. |
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Universities in UK and US 'dominant' (09 October 06:34) |
| Universities in the USA and the UK continue to dominate a list ranking the world's top higher education institutions. |
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Learning grant processing goes on (09 October 02:48) |
| Hundreds of thousands of students aged 16 to 18 in England are still not getting their educational maintenance allowances, figures show. |
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Music academy branches into USA (08 October 10:19) |
| The Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford takes its brand to the United States. |
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Italy pupils ditch books for PCs (08 October 06:57) |
| Pupils at an Italian school replace all their text books with computers - in what is described as a unique experiment. |
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'Why schools must face extremism' (08 October 04:25) |
| Schools Secretary Ed Balls writes that schools are a vital weapon in the fight against terrorism. |
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Why schools must face extremism (08 October 04:25) |
| Schools Secretary Ed Balls writes that schools are a vital weapon in the fight against terrorism. |
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Student fees shake-up is proposed (08 October 11:25) |
| The assembly government should target its financial help to students from poorer backgrounds, a report suggests. |
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Schools told to counter extremism (08 October 06:30) |
| Schools in England are given advice on how to protect pupils from being recruited by supporters of violent extremism. |
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School defends Barcelona training (08 October 06:19) |
| The head of a an Oldham school says a teacher-training weekend held in Barcelona was the "cheapest option". |
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Plans for Dyson college scrapped (08 October 02:22) |
| James Dyson says he has abandoned plans to build a multi-million pound school of design in Bath. |
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Islamic school 'unfair admission' (07 October 04:03) |
| An Islamic state secondary school must stop giving preference to pupils from an independent primary school. |
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Muslim youths to advise ministers (07 October 12:28) |
| A group of young British Muslims are being named as advisers to ministers as part of a drive against extremism. |
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Dragon Jones heads skills academy (07 October 06:48) |
| Dragons' Den star Peter Jones is to become head of a skills academy to teach budding entrepreneurs tricks of the trade. |
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More concerns at Diploma options (07 October 04:51) |
| England's new Diplomas offer a commendable way forward but people still need to be convinced of their credibility, MPs say. |
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First schools facing charity test (07 October 04:51) |
| The charities watchdog has named the first five private schools that must demonstrate their charitable purpose. |
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Oxbridge lectures play on iTunes (07 October 04:50) |
| Oxford and Cambridge University are to make lectures available online through downloading software iTunes. |
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End of an era (06 October 06:01) |
| Mike Baker's take on the moving of Lord Adonis |
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'Three in four' grants not paid (06 October 05:10) |
| College principals estimate that up to three-quarters of poor students have not received their maintenance allowances. |
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Academy fears on Adonis reshuffle (06 October 05:01) |
| Opposition parties claim that the removal of Lord Adonis as schools minister will undermine the future of academies. |
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Sex laws are 'unfair to teachers' (05 October 04:49) |
| Teachers should not be prosecuted for having affairs with their sixth-form pupils, a union leader says. |
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Music boosts prisoners' learning (03 October 06:58) |
| Music projects for prison inmates increases their likelihood of improving skills such as reading and writing, research suggests. |
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Third grammar set to test pupils (03 October 04:52) |
| A third Catholic grammar school has said it intends to run an independent entrance exam for post-primary pupils. |
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Staying dry (03 October 04:43) |
| What is it like to be a non-drinker at university? |
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A 'fifth of teachers back caning' (03 October 04:31) |
| A survey of 6,000 teachers suggests one fifth support corporal punishment "in extreme cases". |
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Children must retake entry exam (03 October 01:09) |
| Nearly 300 primary school pupils in Staffordshire will have to re-sit a secondary school entrance exam. |
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Children must retake entry exams (03 October 01:09) |
| Nearly 300 primary school pupils in Staffordshire will have to re-sit a school entrance exams. |
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Universities 'should vary offers' (03 October 05:35) |
| Universities are told they should vary offers based on schools' performance to attract students with the most potential. |
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Letting go (02 October 05:09) |
| Are students calling home more than ever? |
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Pupils 'distressed over spelling' (02 October 05:04) |
| A primary school ends spelling tests because, it says, children find them distressing. |
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Vocational students 'drop out' (02 October 04:20) |
| Students with vocational A-levels are less likely to go to leading universities and more likely to drop out, a study says. |
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Teachers' Marbella trip cancelled (02 October 02:52) |
| A four-day school training trip which would have seen teaching staff sent to Spain is called off. |
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Free meal plan for Scots pupils (02 October 02:32) |
| All pupils will receive free meals in the first three years of primary school, the Scottish Government announces. |
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University to probe initiations (02 October 10:52) |
| The University of Gloucestershire investigates "shocking" student initiation ceremonies after the BBC obtains secret footage. |
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School trips 'not optional extra' (02 October 05:41) |
| Pupils must not be denied the chance of going on school trips owing to fears of litigation, says the government. |
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Infant pupils 'to get free meals' (02 October 04:34) |
| Infant pupils in Scotland are to get free school meals, the Scottish Government is expected to announce. |
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UK physics in good health - study (02 October 03:00) |
| Physics in the UK is in good shape but faces a number of challenges ahead, concludes a major report commissioned by ministers. |
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Ban for sex-film trip teacher (01 October 11:14) |
| A teacher who filmed a 17-year-old pupil having sex in his room on a school trip, is banned from teaching. |
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Fewer London pupils travel by car (01 October 04:21) |
| More pupils in London are walking, cycling or using public transport to get to school, Transport for London says. |
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Gene link to poor reading skills (01 October 12:31) |
| A common genetic variant may be partly to blame for poor reading ability, research suggests. |
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Autonomy 'key to school success' (01 October 05:13) |
| Independent schools get top results because they have the freedom to tailor teaching to pupils' needs, says a report. |
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