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Jim Knight RSS feedVictims of the white collar recession as professionals sign on the dole
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Unemployment is spiralling among white collar workers in the capital as the new number of professionals signing on to the dole leaps2009-11-13T08:29:22Z300,000 homes get £20,000 in welfare benefits
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More than 300,000 families receive welfare benefits of more than £20,000 a year, latest figures reveal2009-11-12T15:37:52ZStop ignoring my advice on racism at work or I quit, says taskforce boss
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2009-09-07T08:02:07ZCity workers' fast-track to teaching attracts just 90 applicants
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Flagship Government scheme to turn city workers into teachers in six months has attracted 90 applicants2009-08-10T14:43:25ZEducation ministers 'in a time warp' as headteachers prepare for a Sats boycott
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Headteachers accused ministers of "declaring war" on schools by refusing to abolish Sats, amid fears of another marking fiasco within weeks2009-05-01T11:52:41ZBalls ‘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 fiasco2009-04-22T07:54:47ZSchools may sue over A-level funding cuts
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Schools are threatening to sue the Government over funding cuts that could deny 50,000 pupils sixth-form places this year2009-04-08T13:21:40ZBasic maths and English test dropped
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Ministers have abandoned plans to raise standards in basic maths and English — 24 hours after figures showed thousands of children were failing to master the “three Rs”2009-04-02T15:30:18ZTeacher training in six months is 'just a gimmick'
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Ministers faced a backlash over their plans to allow City workers made redundant to become teachers within six months2009-03-10T09:41:23ZTories warn of maths 'apartheid'
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David Cameron warned of an increasing "apartheid" between private and state schools as he unveiled plans to overhaul maths teaching across Britain2009-02-02T10:03:53ZParents fight new academy sponsorship in High Court
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Parents are going to court in a battle over a new school that threatens to derail the Government's academies programme2008-11-05T10:24:21ZCompulsory sex lessons at the age of five
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Children as young as five will be taught about sex, drugs and alcohol in compulsory lifestyle lessons, ministers announced2008-10-23T08:06:17Z70 failing schools to be turned into academies
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Up to 70 failing schools on a government hit list will be shut and turned into privately-backed academies within two years2008-10-17T08:03:23ZLess than half of 16-year-olds meet key GCSE targets
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More teenagers left school this year unable to read, write and add up, figures show2008-10-16T13:30:41ZBrown's £45bn schools rebuild project delayed
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Gordon Brown's £45 billion plan to rebuild every secondary school in England is years behind schedule, figures reveal2008-10-14T08:45:48ZBalls pledges to set up 100 co-operative schools in parent power battle
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Labour and the Tories have gone head to head with pledges to let parents run their own schools2008-09-11T08:06:11ZMore than a third of teenage boys fail their reading Sats
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Soaring numbers of teenage boys are falling behind in reading, test results show2008-08-12T08:23:58ZTeachers must be on the lookout for gangs, warns minister
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Children face gang-related bullying in schools where criminal elements have infiltrated the playground, schools minister Jim Knight has warned2008-08-08T07:39:52ZSharp fall in number of 11-year-olds reaching higher grades in Sats
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State schools were accused of failing the brightest children after figures showed a shock fall in the number of 11-year-olds scoring top grades in Sats2008-08-05T08:37:23Z'Sign for diploma and you'll earn £1m'
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Teenagers will earn more than £1 million if they agree to sign up for the Government's new school diplomas, according to official advice2008-08-01T08:22:10ZMeddling ministers 'ruined exam system'
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The Government has interfered in the exams system to such an extent it risks the credibility of the system, according to a leading Cambridge academic2008-07-22T08:29:01ZChildren can check in to Asda for extra learning
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Parents in Bexleyheath will soon be able to drop off their children for school lessons at their local Asda store2008-06-27T08:39:55ZBusiness leaders reject academic diplomas plan
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Company bosses have dealt a blow to the credibility of the Government's new diplomas, urging ministers to improve GCSEs and A-levels instead2008-06-23T10:56:35ZTop schools told: Make space for more pupils
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Popular schools are to be forced to expand under moves to make it easier for parents to gain admission for their children2008-06-12T15:08:20ZTeachers' strike to close hundreds of London schools
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Hundreds of thousands of London children will be forced to miss school tomorrow because of the first national teachers' strike in a generation2008-04-23T08:43:02ZSchools facing flood of appeals as 5,000 lose out
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Thousands of children in London are facing an agonising wait over Easter after being rejected by their chosen secondary schools2008-03-05T09:41:13ZAppeal to get first choice secondary, say ministers
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The government is urging parents who do not like the secondary school they have been offered to appeal2008-03-04T09:55:54ZThousands 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 show2008-02-28T09:12:19Z