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Anger as ministers ignore call to overhaul ‘Victorian school system’

16.10.09
Ministers were condemned today for rejecting the most comprehensive inquiry into primary education for 40 years... more

10,000 back petition to demand end of Sats

18.09.09
Ten thousand people have signed a petition calling for the end of Sats as industrial action over the tests moved a step closer... more

Education ministers 'in a time warp' as headteachers prepare for a Sats boycott

01.05.09
Headteachers accused ministers of "declaring war" on schools by refusing to abolish Sats, amid fears of another marking fiasco within weeks... more

Free school meals for 30,000 Newham pupils in bid to cut obesity

01.05.09
Every primary school child across a London borough will be given free meals in a drive to cut obesity... 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

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

Exams chief: Written tests are a relic of 19th century

11.02.09
A top government adviser on school tests has launched an astonishing attack on the exams system, describing GCSEs, A-levels and Sats as "deeply flawed"... more

Exams crisis as 200,000 call for re-marks

18.12.08
Record numbers of schools have sent their Sats papers back to be re-marked amid a dramatic loss of confidence in the exam system... more

New Sats fiasco looms over delay in finding firm to mark papers

15.12.08
Schools are facing another Sats fiasco as government exam chiefs struggle to find a company to run next year's tests... 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 at age of 14 axed after marking fiasco

14.10.08
National SATs for teenagers are to be scrapped in the wake of this summer's marking fiasco, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Education

08.10.08
The struggle to turn around some failing institutions has seen community leaders and politicians willing to embrace radical new teaching and funding methods. ... more

Labour's free school meals would cost £1bn

24.09.08
A Government plan to give free lunches to every primary school child in England will cost £1billion a year... more

Primary pupils could be rated on lifestyle in lessons shake-up

23.09.08
Primary schools could assess children on healthy lifestyles and attitudes towards sex, instead of traditional academic subjects, under a radical plan by ministers... more

Nursery for two-year-olds 'will harm toddlers'

22.09.08
Gordon Brown's plan to provide free nursery places for two-year-olds risks creating a generation of "institutionalised" children... 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

Sharp fall in number of 11-year-olds reaching higher grades in Sats

05.08.08
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... more

Modern education 'turning children into little robots'

23.07.08
Young children are being turned into "little robots" because primary education has become a mini-version of secondary school, teachers have warned... more

Boroughs where 70% of pupils do not speak English in their homes

09.07.08
More than 70 per cent of primary pupils in some London boroughs do not speak English as a first language... more

Schools told to monitor pupils' health and homes

03.07.08
Schools and local authorities are to be made accountable for tackling drug abuse, pregnancies and obesity among pupils under measures to improve "wellbeing"... more

More schools in London are failing Ofsted inspections

04.06.08
More London schools are failing their inspections as Ofsted gets tough on poor results... more

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