Children are being urged to read for pleasure as part of a festival at the Southbank Centre - with the help of Dennis the Menace
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A headteacher at a Hackney school today praised Olympic athletes for motivating her pupils
Children from one of London's poorest boroughs are being put off applying to Oxbridge because of "outdated stereotypes", experts claim
Pupils who do not have English as their first language are getting better GCSE results than native speakers
A Hackney school where pupils' grades soared after crumbling buildings were demolished and rebuilt is be highlighted at a United Nations conference next week
Some of London's most sought-after "super tutors" are working free in state schools to help boost grades
Schoolchildren will be given lessons in resilience because they have gone "soft" and don't know how to cope with failure
Hundreds of schoolchildren who had never been inside a theatre have been coached to write and perform their own poetry on stage
A popular headteacher of a school at the centre of a row with Education Secretary Michael Gove over academies has stepped down
The new head of Ofsted has announced plans that could see hundreds of top-rated schools downgraded to boost "mediocre" education standards
More than 1,000 pupils and college students in one London borough can today apply for money to help them stay in education
Children must be pushed beyond "modest" reading targets to take on more challenging books, the schools minister said
Successful London businesswomen will be paired with female students in an attempt to inspire them to break through the glass ceiling
Schooldchildren from across London are being invited to Selfridges - not to shop, but for reading lessons with a difference
Education Secretary Michael Gove has been accused of being "naive" by a committee of MPs examining school reforms
The number of students from England applying to start degrees this year has dropped by more than 42,000, new figures show
The Evening Standard's literacy campaign is having a knock-on effect on reading across the capital, experts working on the front line said
Students are being put off studying languages because it is too difficult to get the top grade, teachers warned today
Pupils at one of the best London schools for boosting the results of failing students are tested every six weeks
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