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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:52:40 +0200
The Sats tests could end next year and be replaced by individual level tests, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has hinted.
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:00:57 +0200
Mike Baker wonders if having school summer holidays earlier in the year might help pupils do better.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:38:39 +0200
Another teachers' strike is threatened - with the National Union of Teachers announcing a ballot for industrial action.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:37:37 +0200
Too much team sport in schools is stopping pupils from learning about individual physical exercise, say researchers.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:00:58 +0200
The proportion of new Cambridge University students from state schools jumped 7% last year to the highest level since 1981.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:29:16 +0200
A process of shutting seven junior secondary schools is to be discussed by councillors on Scotland's Western Isles.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:41:44 +0200
Head teachers want the national curriculum tests 14-year-olds in England have to sit to be scrapped.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:28:48 +0200
Councils in England could face fewer top-down targets for different groups of pupils under proposals.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:59:29 +0200
School meals in England's primary schools are subject to even tighter guidelines from this month.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:05:59 +0200
The National Union of Students says England's system for funding higher education is unfair and needs overhauling.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:15:27 +0200
Busier roads mean schools are back - how is it for you?
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0200
Rural hopes after a four-pupil school was saved
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:29:40 +0200
Why do we have such a problem with it?
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:31:27 +0200
Should the exam syllabus be dictated by social issues?
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:33:57 +0200
How Jill and Mary were replaced by Zoe and Pippa
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:22:01 +0200
How to contact the BBC News website education team
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:27:57 +0200
Cambridge University is no longer going to use the full LNat admissions test from next year.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:02:48 +0200
An exam board asks schools to destroy a GCSE poetry anthology because one poem refers to knife violence.
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:48:30 +0200
A college is making emergency payments to students - after delivery problems with a government allowance.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:20:32 +0200
Ofsted finds good collaboration between schools and colleges in England in reforming teenagers' learning.
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:38:33 +0200
A council apologises after what a school governor calls a 'shambles' over school bus arrangements for the first day of term.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:18:42 +0200
Children starting secondary school in England this week are the first legally required to stay in education until they are 17.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:09:51 +0200
A set of 11-year-old quads will be taught in separate classes for the first time after starting at secondary school.
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:43:10 +0200
The first wave of children to follow a 'revolutionary' play-based curriculum is starting school in Wales.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:01:18 +0200
The use of Red Bull and other energy drinks by school children is becoming a growing problem, a drug expert says.
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:03:05 +0200
One-to-one tuition with the Three Rs is to be offered to thousands of children struggling in England's primary schools.
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:38:32 +0200
England's exams watchdog says Sats problems have damaged confidence in the system as big changes begin.
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:49:58 +0200
Statutory guidelines governing standards of childcare for under-fives come into force in England.
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:44:47 +0200
Scottish schoolgirls are to become the first in the UK to be vaccinated against cervical cancer.
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:31:24 +0200
Education chiefs say they cannot tackle the poor state of gym facilities in Scottish schools until buildings are upgraded.
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:02:24 +0200
The government is facing fresh pressure to stop faith schools selecting pupils and staff on the basis of their religion.
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:38:37 +0200
Poor teachers can put children off learning and are too difficult to sack, the chief inspector of schools warns.
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:38:48 +0200
Mike Baker considers the big picture of where schools should be heading in the future.
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:00:26 +0200
Mike Baker considers whether the "high stakes" testing regime is still needed.
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:37:46 +0200
Mike Baker says it is hard to see how performance tables can be published on the basis of this year's school tests.
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:37:54 +0200
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:48:52 +0200
Could this year's national testing shambles provide the government with an easy way out from the testing system.
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:33:14 +0200
English teenagers help African village build classrooms
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:06:40 +0200
A scheme that gets American graduates to try teaching in tough areas before other careers is proving a hit.
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:16:57 +0200
"Invisible children" too shy to put up their hands could be helped by a scheme to boost their social skills.
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:13:39 +0200
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