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Thousands of former postmen, driving instructors and nightclub bouncers are being hired as 'cheap labour' to teach children as young as five2009-09-10T08:18:19ZTeachers banned from covering for colleagues
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Children will be left without qualified teachers under rules banning schools from asking staff to cover for absent colleagues2009-08-25T07:54:24Z'Unlawfully' large class sizes soaring in London
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2009-08-11T14:51:32ZPrimary schools in crisis as one in five cannot read
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Number of 11-year-olds passing Sats in English has fallen for the first time since the exam was introduced in 19952009-08-04T05:34:08ZBoys fall into gender gap before they start school
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2009-07-29T06:22:59Z£200,000 salary for headteachers who run merged school chains
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Headteachers could receive unlimited pay for running new chains of schools under radical plans to overhaul state education2009-06-23T08:35:01ZBalls ‘sexed up’ evidence to discredit me, says Sats head
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The former exams watchdog has launched a devastating attack on Children’s Secretary Ed Balls over his handling of the Sats marking fiasco2009-04-22T07:54:47ZDying teacher: Asbestos in schools will kill pupils
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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 warned2009-04-16T13:52:42ZGiant schools 'fuel bad behaviour'
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Super-sized schools are fuelling bad behaviour and creating a “factory” culture in secondary education, teachers have warned2009-04-09T13:20:36ZQuarter of 11-year-olds fail in 3 Rs
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More than a quarter of pupils leave primary school without mastering both English and maths, according to government figures2009-04-01T08:19:24ZRevolt over crackdown on 'coasting' state schools
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Ed Balls faced embarrassment after it emerged that councils are undermining his much-hyped war on "coasting" state schools2009-03-27T15:53:00ZMinisters ignored warning on 'soft' science GCSEs
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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 reveal2009-03-27T09:32:39ZTeachers blasted as ‘irresponsible’ over Sats boycott
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The debate over primary school tests erupted into a war of words with ministers and headteachers accusing each other of “irresponsible” and “outrageous” behaviour2009-03-26T09:35:01ZSats success for pupils who speak English as a second language
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Children from ethnic minority backgrounds are overcoming cultural and language barriers to achieve outstanding results, figures show2009-03-19T14:28:30ZHalf a million children are 'given wrong grade' for Sats
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Half a million children are given the wrong grades in school tests every year, an official report suggests2009-03-18T14:47:32Z10,800 pupils play truant every day in London
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Almost 11,000 children skip school in London every day as truancy soars to record levels, figures show2009-02-26T14:28:22ZSchools 'hold back £2bn'
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Schools are hoarding £2billion in taxpayers' money they were given to buy books and hire teachers, ministers warned2009-02-24T14:20:14ZCapital's shortage of social workers leads to child abuse fears
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Children are at risk of abuse as London faces a desperate shortage of social workers, the Standard can reveal2009-02-03T10:05:10Z10,200 school truants a day in the capital
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Some 10,200 children are skipping school in London every day, official figures show.2008-10-21T13:13:53ZSats marking fiasco delays publication of league tables
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Parents who use league tables to help them choose primary schools will have to rely on out-dated information due to the Sats fiasco2008-09-30T13:00:58ZCity victims of crunch could ease teacher shortage
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City workers facing redundancy could help ease a shortage of teachers in London2008-09-29T09:50:37ZAcademies 'will have 500,000 pupils in six years'
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Nearly half a million children will be taught in privately run academies within six years, the Evening Standard can reveal2008-09-26T09:52:44ZCheating's wrong but lying and littering are ok say teenagers
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A picture of Britain's youth was revealed in a government report on teenage life2008-09-25T13:27:47ZBritain 'has failed to cut primary class sizes'
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Ministers have failed to cut class sizes despite spending billions of pounds on schools, a major international report has found2008-09-09T08:22:02ZExam targets fail to boost standards, admit ministers
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Gordon Brown's "burdensome" school targets have failed to improve the results of children who struggle most in class, the Government has admitted2008-09-03T08:11:35ZAcademy for children of all ages at 2012 stadium
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Ministers are planning at least four new "all through" academies in London for children aged three to 18 - including one at the 2012 Olympic stadium2008-08-26T09:56:22Z'Spoon-fed' students lack skills needed for university
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The quality of first-year students at university has plummeted as teenagers are spoon-fed at school, a report warns2008-08-11T12:54:29ZTeachers' union hits out at death of traditional family
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The death of the traditional family has left schools to bring up a generation of children who lack moral boundaries at home, teachers warned2008-07-30T08:22:12ZSchools minister gave his backing to 'risky' Sats marking system
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Schools Secretary Ed Balls personally backed the crisis-hit new marking system for Sats despite admitting it was a "risk", the Standard can reveal2008-07-23T08:35:05Z