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Department for Children, Schools and Families RSS feed‘Don’t let pupils paddle without risk assessment’
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Children must never be allowed to go paddling on school trips unless teachers have conducted a thorough risk assessment first, the Government said today2009-11-06T13:16:01ZThousands of 14-year-olds falling behind in English
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Almost 130,000 teenagers are failing to reach the standard expected of them in English, official figures show2009-10-27T13:19:49ZBT boss says scrap GCSE exams to boost literacy
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Chairman of BT calls for GCSEs and A-levels to be replaced by the International Baccalaureate2009-10-15T07:40:37ZTown halls want hit squads to target academies academies pupils
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Council hit squads could be sent in to take over failing academies under a radical blueprint for London schools2009-09-15T07:56:42ZBoys fall into gender gap before they start school
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2009-07-29T06:22:59ZSchool places cash announcement expected
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Extra funding to help provide new primary school places in parts of England struggling with shortages is expected to be announced by the Government this week2009-07-13T06:54:55Z£200m to provide more school places
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2009-07-13T09:07:09ZNew promises won't end this schools muddle
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As a parent, I often feel baffled by the Government's approach to education. Only last week, the Department for Children, Schools and Families was at its micro-managerial best2009-07-02T07:34:37ZSikh primary is a monstrosity that breaks planning rules, say residents
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A multi-million-pound faith school is under investigation over claims that it is in breach of planning rules2009-06-24T07:41:24ZNew tests for pupils 'are being rushed in too quickly'
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A new system of tests intended to replace Sats in state schools has suffered serious problems, according to reports2009-06-23T08:37:13ZBalls blunder over 'unlawful' bonuses for headteachers
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Children's Secretary Ed Balls faced embarrassment after he backed "unlawful" bonus payments for state school headteachers2009-04-22T08:09:14ZEducation at primaries 'is deficient'
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Children's lives are being impoverished by an education that is "fundamentally deficient", a major inquiry concluded2009-02-20T10:17:33ZState primaries short of places as parents shun private education
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A London council is facing a massive shortage of primary school places as parents are no longer able to afford private education2009-02-13T10:24:11ZPupils given option to take harder exams
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Teenagers in state schools will be able to abandon GCSEs in favour of harder O-level style exams under a ruling2009-02-10T09:27:57ZWeather forces schools to close
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Hundreds of schools have been forced to close today due to the snow2009-02-02T08:56:24ZWe need to learn skills for life, not just passing exams, say teenagers
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Teenagers say they are failing to learn the skills they need for work because education is dominated by exams2008-12-30T08:58:57ZTeachers call in the Yard to tackle 2,700 fights
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Police were called to tackle serious violence in London schools almost 2,700 times this year, it has been revealed2008-12-23T09:10:20ZTV blamed as white working-class boys struggle
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White British boys from poor families are falling further behind their classmates at school, figures show2008-12-11T14:22:14ZSats replacement exams are 'costly nightmare for schools'
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Children's Secretary Ed Balls will unleash an "expensive nightmare" with his planned replacement for discredited Sats, an expert warned2008-12-03T08:54:30ZMinisters failed us, claim disillusioned academy sponsors
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Ministers have "abused" the good will of wealthy business figures who sponsored the Government's city academies, a study has warned2008-11-28T14:12:49ZSchools ban 4,000 unruly under-fives
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More than 4,000 children aged five and under were thrown out of school for bad behaviour last year2008-11-06T14:39:15ZRise in families caught cheating for school places
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There is growing evidence that more parents are lying about where they live in order to get their children into good schools2008-10-22T08:00:42ZFamily childcare crisis as holiday clubs close
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Parents face a struggle to keep their children occupied over the summer break after the closure of hundreds of holiday clubs2008-08-04T07:17:48ZModern education 'turning children into little robots'
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Young children are being turned into "little robots" because primary education has become a mini-version of secondary school, teachers have warned2008-07-23T07:54:07ZSchools told to monitor pupils' health and homes
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Schools and local authorities are to be made accountable for tackling drug abuse, pregnancies and obesity among pupils under measures to improve "wellbeing"2008-07-03T09:41:22ZTeenage mentors help keep younger pupils out of trouble
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Training teenagers to act as "mentors" to younger pupils helps change the culture leading to knife crime, new research shows2008-06-02T08:37:49ZRise in school place appeals
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Parents' chances of winning an appeal for a better state school for their children worsened last year2008-05-22T13:20:49ZOfsted could check drug abuse and pregnancies
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Schools could be made to keep records of teenage pregnancies, drug use and obesity among pupils, under government proposals2008-04-30T09:49:51ZThousands of 14-year-olds fail to reach school targets
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Tens of thousands of pupils make little or no progress in the three Rs in the first years at secondary school, government figures show2008-02-28T09:12:19ZThousands of academy pupils suspended in discipline blitz
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Academies in London have suspended thousands of pupils as they seek to establish a no-nonsense approach to discipline2008-02-13T09:00:01Z