http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-39864-nick-gibb/topic-rss.do Nick Gibb RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23768368-super-sized-primaries-to-teach-800-children.do New generation of super-sized primary schools is being created to house more than 800 children at a time 2009-11-12T08:42:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23758773-london-top-of-truancy-league.do 2009-10-20T13:44:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23757073-londons-state-schools-achieve-best-gcse-results-in-the-country.do London's state schools are the best in the country for GCSE results after a decade of improvements, figures show 2009-10-15T12:17:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23737157-pupils-in-london-skip-600000-days-as-truancy-soars.do Pupils in London skipped almost 600,000 days of school during the spring term this year as truancy rates rose again 2009-08-26T13:35:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23682106-180000-in-wages-for-suspended-sats-chief.do The former head of the Government's schools testing agency, who resigned over the Sats fiasco, will be paid £180,000 for the six months following his suspension last year, it emerged 2009-04-28T08:23:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23656662-5000-fail-to-get-into-a-london-state-school.do Nearly 5,000 children in London were told that they have no place at a state secondary school for September 2009-03-03T09:33:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23620150-well-take-over-failing-academies-vows-balls.do Children's Secretary Ed Balls threatened to take over failing city academies as he lashed out at the "excuses culture" blighting weak schools 2009-01-15T08:56:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23619458-half-of-pupils-leave-school-unable-to-read-write-or-add-properly.do Half of teenagers left school unable to read, write and add up to the standard expected by employers last year, GCSE results show 2009-01-14T14:47:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23575804-10200-school-truants-a-day-in-the-capital.do Some 10,200 children are skipping school in London every day, official figures show. 2008-10-21T13:13:53Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23559481-policeman-in-every-school-borough-gets-tough-on-youth-crime.do A London borough is to station a police officer in every secondary school 2008-09-24T08:07:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23550486-exam-targets-fail-to-boost-standards-admit-ministers.do Gordon Brown's "burdensome" school targets have failed to improve the results of children who struggle most in class, the Government has admitted 2008-09-03T08:11:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23550494-betrayed-children-are-not-getting-their-two-hours-of-sport.do Ministers have failed to deliver on a key Olympic pledge - and stand accused of betraying a generation of children 2008-09-03T08:25:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23526383-sharp-fall-in-number-of-11-year-olds-reaching-higher-grades-in-sats.do 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 Sats 2008-08-05T08:37:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23524612-sign-for-diploma-and-youll-earn-1m.do Teenagers will earn more than £1 million if they agree to sign up for the Government's new school diplomas, according to official advice 2008-08-01T08:22:10Z