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Schools take on bouncers as cheap teachers

10.09.09
Thousands of former postmen, driving instructors and nightclub bouncers are being hired as 'cheap labour' to teach children as young as five... more

Teachers banned from covering for colleagues

25.08.09
Children will be left without qualified teachers under rules banning schools from asking staff to cover for absent colleagues... more

'Unlawfully' large class sizes soaring in London

11.08.09
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Primary schools in crisis as one in five cannot read

04.08.09
Number of 11-year-olds passing Sats in English has fallen for the first time since the exam was introduced in 1995... more

Boys fall into gender gap before they start school

29.07.09
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£200,000 salary for headteachers who run merged school chains

23.06.09
Headteachers could receive unlimited pay for running new chains of schools under radical plans to overhaul state education... more

Balls ‘sexed up’ evidence to discredit me, says Sats head

22.04.09
The former exams watchdog has launched a devastating attack on Children’s Secretary Ed Balls over his handling of the Sats marking fiasco... more

Dying teacher: Asbestos in schools will kill pupils

16.04.09
Children's lives are at risk and an unknown number will die from cancer after being exposed to asbestos in schools, a terminally ill London teacher warned... more

Giant schools 'fuel bad behaviour'

09.04.09
Super-sized schools are fuelling bad behaviour and creating a “factory” culture in secondary education, teachers have warned ... more

Quarter of 11-year-olds fail in 3 Rs

01.04.09
More than a quarter of pupils leave primary school without mastering both English and maths, according to government figures... more

Revolt over crackdown on 'coasting' state schools

27.03.09
Ed Balls faced embarrassment after it emerged that councils are undermining his much-hyped war on "coasting" state schools ... more

Ministers ignored warning on 'soft' science GCSEs

27.03.09
Minisers ignored warnings over the quality of the discredited new science GCSEs and introduced the exams before the results of trials were known, the Standard can reveal... more

Teachers blasted as ‘irresponsible’ over Sats boycott

26.03.09
The debate over primary school tests erupted into a war of words with ministers and headteachers accusing each other of “irresponsible” and “outrageous” behaviour... more

Sats success for pupils who speak English as a second language

19.03.09
Children from ethnic minority backgrounds are overcoming cultural and language barriers to achieve outstanding results, figures show... more

Half a million children are 'given wrong grade' for Sats

18.03.09
Half a million children are given the wrong grades in school tests every year, an official report suggests... more

10,800 pupils play truant every day in London

26.02.09
Almost 11,000 children skip school in London every day as truancy soars to record levels, figures show... more

Schools 'hold back £2bn'

24.02.09
Schools are hoarding £2billion in taxpayers' money they were given to buy books and hire teachers, ministers warned... more

Capital's shortage of social workers leads to child abuse fears

03.02.09
Children are at risk of abuse as London faces a desperate shortage of social workers, the Standard can reveal... more

10,200 school truants a day in the capital

21.10.08
Some 10,200 children are skipping school in London every day, official figures show.... more

Sats marking fiasco delays publication of league tables

30.09.08
Parents who use league tables to help them choose primary schools will have to rely on out-dated information due to the Sats fiasco... more

City victims of crunch could ease teacher shortage

29.09.08
City workers facing redundancy could help ease a shortage of teachers in London... more

Academies 'will have 500,000 pupils in six years'

26.09.08
Nearly half a million children will be taught in privately run academies within six years, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Cheating's wrong but lying and littering are ok say teenagers

25.09.08
A picture of Britain's youth was revealed in a government report on teenage life... more

Britain 'has failed to cut primary class sizes'

09.09.08
Ministers have failed to cut class sizes despite spending billions of pounds on schools, a major international report has found... more

Exam targets fail to boost standards, admit ministers

03.09.08
Gordon Brown's "burdensome" school targets have failed to improve the results of children who struggle most in class, the Government has admitted... more

Academy for children of all ages at 2012 stadium

26.08.08
Ministers are planning at least four new "all through" academies in London for children aged three to 18 - including one at the 2012 Olympic stadium... more

'Spoon-fed' students lack skills needed for university

11.08.08
The quality of first-year students at university has plummeted as teenagers are spoon-fed at school, a report warns... more

Teachers' union hits out at death of traditional family

30.07.08
The death of the traditional family has left schools to bring up a generation of children who lack moral boundaries at home, teachers warned ... more

Schools minister gave his backing to 'risky' Sats marking system

23.07.08
Schools Secretary Ed Balls personally backed the crisis-hit new marking system for Sats despite admitting it was a "risk", the Standard can reveal... more

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