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'Hero headmaster' shows how to save failing schools

07.10.09

London head teacher hailed a "hero" by the Conservatives as they pledged to swiftly turn England's worst schools into academies if they win power... more

Ł5,000 to pick your child's school and all can apply to be academies

07.10.09

Parents would get on average Ł5,000 for a state school place of their choice for their child under a Conservative education revolution... more

‘Tech schools’ lead drive to increase jobs for the young

05.10.09

Tories pledge a dozen new specialist schools offering advanced vocational skills for teenagers... more

Top private schools launch attack on Cameron’s ‘unrealistic’ reforms

02.10.09

David Cameron suffers major blow on eve of the Conservative Party conference as Britain’s most prestigious private schools condemns his flagship education reforms... more

Tories still 'doing down' state schools, says Balls

27.08.09

Schools Secretary Ed Balls marked the publication of the GCSE results today with a scathing attack on his Tory rival Michael Gove... more

Boys come top of the class in maths for first time in decade

27.08.09

Boys narrowed the gap in overall GCSE results with girls this year and beat them in maths for the first time in more than a decade... more

Online library of exams 'will show slip in standards'

03.08.09

Conservative Government will set up an online library of old school exam papers to demonstrate a decline in standards... more

Right-winger Liam Fox tipped as future leader

03.08.09

Tory defence spokesman Liam Fox was tipped as a potential future leader of the party and prime minister by a shadow cabinet colleague... more

Tories to offer alternative state education at Montessori schools

08.07.09

Parents will be able to choose an alternative state education for their children under Conservative plans to create hundreds of schools... more

Tory’s Ł1,250 per hour for writing

29.06.09

Sennior Tory Michael Gove is earning up to Ł1,250 an hour for a newspaper column, the Tories disclosed today... more

Tory admits spending too much on night at hotel and furniture for home

11.05.09

Shadow schools secretary Michael Gove apologised for charging the taxpayer Ł500 for a one-night stay for his family at a hotel and his spending on furniture... more

Tories in trouble - claim for 25 lightbulbs

11.05.09

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Brown must seize the initiative on expenses

11.05.09

First it was Government ministers who underwent the humiliation of having their expenses exposed to public view. Now it is the Tories' turn, with the publication today of details of their claims... more

A fresh idea for better schools

20.03.09

The Conservatives' proposal to extend school hours, announced by Michael Gove in our interview with the shadow schools secretary today, is a welcome idea that deserves serious consideration... more

Top Tory: Let schools open for teaching on Saturdays

20.03.09

Conservative schools spokesman Michael Gove has announced a radical plan to transform education by allowing schools to lengthen the school day and introduce shorter holidays... more

A better legacy for the Games

06.02.09

The creation of a new company to deal with the 2012 Olympics legacy is a belated but welcome development... more

Cash for best schools to take poor pupils

05.02.09

Top state schools will get extra cash to teach more working-class children in a scheme which has received enthusiastic backing from the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats... more

Tories pledge law to protect exams from dumbing down

18.11.08

Laws to stop the "dumbing down" of exams were pledged by the Tories... more

Schools ban 4,000 unruly under-fives

06.11.08

More than 4,000 children aged five and under were thrown out of school for bad behaviour last year... more

Senior Tory brands road workers 'lazy'

27.10.08

Workers digging up roads are lazy and cause unnecessary misery for motorists by taking far too long, a leading Tory MP claims... more

Less than half of 16-year-olds meet key GCSE targets

16.10.08

More teenagers left school this year unable to read, write and add up, figures show... more

Brown's Ł45bn schools rebuild project delayed

14.10.08

Gordon Brown's Ł45 billion plan to rebuild every secondary school in England is years behind schedule, figures reveal... more

'Education will suffer with Adonis reshuffle'

06.10.08

Senior Tory Michael Gove raised fears that the integrity of Labour's education reforms could suffer after the replacement of Lord Adonis as Schools Minister... more

Tories plan freedom for best in education

30.09.08

Hundreds of the best comprehensive schools in England would be given new powers under plans announced by the Tories... more

Video highlights: Is New Labour doomed to defeat?

16.09.08

Click on the links to watch video highlights of the Evening Standard Influentials debate: Is New Labour doomed to defeat?... more

Sats results show decline in writing skills at age seven

28.08.08

Fewer seven year-olds mastered basic writing this year amid fresh evidence of falling standards in primary schools... more

More pupils going to university is a good thing, says senior Tory

15.08.08

Shadow schools minister Michael Gove has revealed the Conservatives will not depart from Labour's commitment to encourage as many school-leavers as possible to go to university... more