BBC Jul 4, 2009
Fears over student place shortage
Ministers must fund more university places in England, or risk forcing tens of thousands of teenagers onto the dole, an MP warns.
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BBC Jul 3, 2009
Call for 'urgent' asbestos audit
An urgent audit of asbestos in Britain's schools is needed because people are dying, the British Safety Council has said.
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BBC Jul 3, 2009
Check on school places cheating
Schools Secretary Ed Balls has asked for an assessment of the problem of parents cheating to get school places.
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BBC Jul 3, 2009
Baby P council 'limited progress'
The council in the Baby P case has made only limited progress in improving children's social care, Ofsted inspectors say.
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BBC Jul 3, 2009
School place 'fraud' case dropped
A London council withdraws its action against a mother it accused of lying to gain a school place for her son.
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BBC Jul 3, 2009
Drop in modern language learning
Education inspectors are calling for schools to do more to encourage pupils to learn modern foreign languages.
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BBC Jul 3, 2009
Colleges' agency spend attacked
Unions representing college employees say millions of pounds is being wasted on agency staff and consultants.
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BBC Jul 2, 2009
Tories plan tougher teacher tests
A Conservative government would raise the entry requirements for people wanting to train as teachers in England.
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BBC Jul 2, 2009
Themed learning
International curriculum features treasure and travel
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BBC Jul 2, 2009
Forced marriage plea to schools
New guidelines are being published urging schools to identify signs of forced marriages ahead of the holidays.
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BBC Jul 2, 2009
Student maintenance cash frozen
Student maintenance grants and loans in England will not rise to cover increases in tuition fees next year, the government says.
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BBC Jul 1, 2009
Poor students 'are outnumbered'
Students from the highest economic groups in England are twice as likely to go to university as poorer students, figures show.
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BBC Jul 1, 2009
Bright students 'shun languages'
Fewer higher-achieving pupils are opting for a language GCSE, and overall numbers are also declining, a study suggests.
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BBC Jul 1, 2009
GCSE quiz
How well do you know design and technology?
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BBC Jul 1, 2009
Top employers cut graduate jobs
The latest survey of 100 top graduate employers shows a 13.5% fall in recruitment during this year.
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BBC Jun 30, 2009
Teachers face 'classroom MOTs'
Ed Balls proposes that teachers should have renewable licences to practise, as part of measures in a White Paper for England's schools.
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BBC Jun 30, 2009
Schools 'may be wasting millions'
England's schools could save millions of pounds a year by being more careful, a government watchdog claims.
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BBC Jun 30, 2009
Best heads 'to run school chains'
Parents will have more rights over their children's education - and the best heads will run chains of schools, in new education plans.
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BBC Jun 30, 2009
College bars visitor wearing veil
Two pupils and their teacher are asked to remove face veils before visiting a Catholic sixth form college in Lancashire.
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BBC Jun 30, 2009
Uncertain summer
What will replace the 11-plus in Northern Ireland?
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