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BBC News | Education | UK Edition
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:52:13 GMT
School place 'fraud' case dropped
A London council withdraws its action against a mother it accused of lying to gain a school place.
Colleges' agency spend attacked
Unions representing college employees say millions of pounds is being wasted on agency staff and consultants.
Tories plan tougher teacher tests
A Conservative government would raise the entry requirements for people wanting to train as teachers in England.
Student grants and loans frozen
Student maintenance grants and loans in England will not rise next year, despite an increase in tuition fees, ministers say.
Forced marriage plea to schools
New guidelines are being published urging schools to identify signs of forced marriages ahead of the holidays.
Top employers cut graduate jobs
The latest survey of 100 top graduate employers shows a 13.5% fall in recruitment during this year.
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.
Bright students 'shun languages'
Fewer higher-achieving pupils are opting for a language GCSE, and overall numbers are also declining, a study suggests.
Teachers facing 'classroom MOTs'
The schools' secretary proposes renewable licences for teachers as part of measures in a White Paper for England's schools.
Themed learning
International curriculum features treasure and travel
Play together
Schools in Wales and Germany share Shakespeare
Uncertain summer
What will replace the 11-plus in Northern Ireland?
GCSE quiz
How well do you know design and technology?
Primary teaching
National strategies are to go, but what were they?
E-mail us
How to contact the BBC News website education team
Schools 'may be wasting millions'
England's schools could save millions of pounds a year by being more careful, a government watchdog claims.
Low numbers shut French course
University applications have been surging, but a university says its language courses only had 39 students wanting a place.
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.
Urban primary moves out of town
A primary school in south London is to buy accommodation in the home counties where older pupils will spend the week.
Court threat for pupils' parents
Parents of unruly pupils could be taken to court by teachers under plans to be announced by the government.
NI boys 'first to get swine flu'
A six-year-old boy and his younger brother are the first children from Northern Ireland to have swine flu.
Key schools policy to be amended
The government is to abandon the use of centralised national literacy and numeracy strategies in England's primary schools.
Few college buildings go ahead
Only 13 of 144 college building projects placed in limbo after a funding fiasco are to go ahead this year.
'Personality tests' for teachers
Teacher training applicants will have to undergo psychometric tests to assess their suitability for teaching.
Jewish school admissions row
A Jewish school's admissions policy is unlawful because it involves racial discrimination, the Appeal Court has decided.
Fewer young apprenticeships
There are more apprenticeships in England - but a drop in the number of young people starting them, figures show.
'Problems' with 11-14 curriculum
The introduction of the 11-14 curriculum has led to 'emerging problems' in some English schools, inspectors have found.
Strip-search of US girl illegal
The US Supreme Court rules that school staff broke the law by strip-searching a 13-year-old girl for painkillers.
Schools 'need not expel under-7s'
Schools can avoid excluding very young children through methods to manage behaviour such as biting and swearing, Ofsted says.
Urban poverty and jobless link
Almost a quarter of children in London live in families where nobody has a job, a UK-wide report says.
Vocational exams on the increase
Some 3.6 million vocational qualifications were awarded last year in the UK, an 11% increase on the previous year.
Decision time: 'cash or students'
Universities want to increase tuition fees and warn they need to receive increased funding or cut places.
Fewer pupils eating school meals
Uptake of school meals in secondary schools has dropped sharply since ministers first launched healthy eating policies.
Major problems with tests - claim
There are fundamental problems with the single level testing that might replace Sats in England, it is reported.
Queen's agrees 103 job cuts plan
The senate of Queen's University agrees a controversial plan to cut 103 jobs and close its German department.
Hutt defends education funding
The education minister responds to higher education funding worries and announces a south Wales valleys "virtual university".
Firms urged to give fathers time
Children's Secretary Ed Balls calls on employers to allow fathers to be more involved in their children's lives.
Governors sacked over bonus row
Children's Secretary Ed Balls sacks the governors of a north London secondary school following allegations about bonuses.
BNP teacher ban 'is considered'
A ban on teachers from being members of the British National Party is under consideration, says the government.
Benefits of creative classrooms
What became of a 10-year-old report which encouraged children to be creative?
Nature, nurture and exam results
The influence of genes and class on achievement
Did Rose review prune enough?
Mike Baker steps back in time to reflect on what the future holds for England's primary schools.
Comparing notes
UK and Nigerian teachers on each other's methods
Big choices for school leavers
What does the future hold for school leavers?
Dilemma over science entitlement
Pupils are entitled to be taught separate science GCSEs - but schools do not have to teach them.
Number of pupils is set to soar
Class sizes in England have gone up - but the population trend shows things are about to get more challenging.
Pandemic: When schools close
In the event of a flu pandemic, who decides?
New bullet points for primaries
Primary schools get three focal points - or is it four, or six?
US downturn hits schoolchildren
The prospects of US children whose families become homeless are seriously hampered, as the BBC's Dumeetha Luthra reports.
School Report 'improves literacy'
Research carried out by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) indicates that participation in the BBC News project for schools can have a significant impact on literacy.
Make the news in your school
What is BBC News School Report?
Find out more about the project which motivates secondary students around the UK to make and broadcast their own news.
School links around the globe
What is BBC World Class?
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