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PUPILS' TAKE-AWAY LUNCH WARNING

10/29/2008 6:34:00 AM

 

BBC 29 October

Pupils should be kept in school grounds during lunch breaks to stop them eating unhealthy take-away food, the Schools Secretary Ed Balls has said. BBC

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SCHOOLS 'SHOULD KEEP PUPILS ON PREMISES AT LUNCHTIME TO FIGHT OBESITY'

10/29/2008 7:09:00 AM

 

The Daily Telegraph 29 October

 Teenagers should be forced to stay in school at lunchtimes to stop them going out for junk food, Schools Secretary Ed Balls said yesterday.  DT

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PARENTS TO BE FINGERPRINTED BY NURSERY SCHOOLS

10/29/2008 7:16:00 AM

 

Daily Telegraph 29 October

Parents are to be fingerprinted when they pick their children up from nursery school, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.  Daily Telegraph

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SCHOOL WINS RULING ON ADMISSIONS

10/29/2008 6:32:00 AM

 

BBC 28 October

 A high-performing London secondary school has won its court bid to overturn a ruling that it should change its admissions rules. Drayton Manor High School in Ealing had been told by the admissions adjudicator that its rules for allocating places discriminated against poorer families.  BBC

Secondary

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CHARITY STATUS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS UNDER THREAT

CHARITY STATUS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS UNDER THREAT

10/29/2008 6:54:00 AM

The Independent 29 October

 Four leading Scottish independent schools will be stripped of their charitable status unless they give more help to poorer children, a regulator warned yesterday. Independent

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