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EXCLUDED PUPILS COST THREE TIMES AS MUCH TO EDUCATE

EXCLUDED PUPILS COST THREE TIMES AS MUCH TO EDUCATE

  Professor Carl Parsons; The Times 28 May  In local authorities with high exclusion rates, the standard response, to fulfil their legal obligations, is to refer excluded children to pupil referral units (PRUs) where they should receive the appropriate substitute education, equivale » Read More

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MATHS TEACHING MATHS TEACHING

  Setting or mixed ability?   Comment  The Times letter column has seen an interesting debate this week on the teaching of maths. Should there be mixed ability classes or should pupils be placed in sets according to their ability in the subject? It’s an old chestnu » Read More

SPECIALIST SCHOOLS SPECIALIST SCHOOLS

  Not what they at first seem   Comment  Specialist schools and their umbrella Quango, the SSAT, are under fire  The Liberal Democrats have recently called for the abolition of Specialist schools and the Tories too now have their doubts.  It has already be » Read More

SCHOOL EXCLUSIONS 'MERRY-GO-ROUND' SHOWS THAT REFORMS ARE FAILING

5/28/2009 8:27:00 AM

 

The Times May 28, 2009

 Children are being thrown out of school repeatedly in a merry-go-round of exclusions, according to an investigation by The Times that shows that government reforms are not working.Ministers put pressure on schools to reduce the number of permanent expulsions and this figure has fallen by almost a half in the past decade.Times

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BOYS OUTPERFORM GIRLS AT SCIENCE IN UK

5/27/2009 8:21:00 AM

 The Guardian 27 May Boys outperform girls in the sciences to a greater extent in the UK than in any other developed country, a study of 57 countries published today reveals.Statisticians at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) analysed the results of a science test taken by 20m 15-year-olds.Guardian 

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MIDDLE EAST APPLICATIONS TO STUDY IN UK RISE

5/26/2009 8:47:00 AM

 

 

FT 26 May

The number of undergraduates applying to Britain from oil-rich Middle Eastern countries has doubled in only three years, according to Financial Times research.Increasing numbers of the region’s future elites have been attracted by the international reputation of UK higher education.FT

FE/HE/ Skills

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WORKING CLASS CHILDREN 'ALIENATED' IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SAYS THE SUTTON TRUST

5/26/2009 8:49:00 AM

   

The Daily Telegraph 26 May

 Poor children given free places at top private schools often struggle to fit into the "elite atmosphere", according to research for The Sutton Trust.  DT

Independent/ Private Sector

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SCHOOLS LEFT OPEN DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS OVER STANDARDS

5/25/2009 10:09:00 AM

 

The Daily Telegraph  23 May

 Schools are being repeatedly classed as "failing" by inspectors, despite billions spent attempting to boost standards.  Almost 70 have been placed in Ofsted's worst category more than once in the last decade, raising fears poor schools are being left to "coast".  DT

 

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TOP SCHOOLS WARN PUPILS AGAINST APPLYING TO DURHAM UNIVERSITY

5/25/2009 10:07:00 AM

 

The Daily Telegraph 25 May

 Some of Britain's top schools are advising pupils against applying to Durham University in response to the manner in which it allegedly implements entrance policies designed to favour applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds.  DT 

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BANKS RESUME £54BN SCHOOLS LENDING

5/22/2009 8:49:00 AM

FT 22 May

The head of the government’s school building programme has signalled that the project is recovering from the credit crunch, only months after it seemed mired in funding difficulties.  FT

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TEXTBOOKS AXED AS EXAM FEES RISE BY £100M

5/22/2009 8:52:00 AM

 

The Daily Telegraph 22 May

 Schools are being forced to scrimp on textbooks and teachers while the amount of money spent on examination fees has soared by £100 million in just six years, it is claimed. DT 

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HALF OF CHILDREN REGULARLY SKIPPING CLASSES AT FAILING SCHOOLS

5/21/2009 8:46:00 AM

 

The Daily Telegraph 20 May

 More than half of children at England's worst schools are now classed as "persistent absentees", despite £1 billion spent on a truancy crackdown.  DT

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GLOOM-HIT SCHOOLS SEE CHANCES OVERSEAS

5/21/2009 8:52:00 AM

 

FT 21 May

 Long-term growth in the number of British private school pupils is stuck at a mere “0 to 1 per cent” a year, making expansion in emerging markets a much more attractive option, said the head of one of the UK’s biggest schools groups.  FT

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