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London's Mayor calls for private universities

06.06.11
More elite universities should be set up for students who have been rejected by Oxbridge, says Boris Johnson... more

SATs mean children don't get the basics right

15.12.10
I’m no educational strategist but with three children at a state primary school, I know this much: SATs don’t appear to work... more

Teachers 'crazy' to let pupils as young as 10 join protests

25.11.10
Teachers are accused of “crazy and dangerous” behaviour after letting children out of school to join protests in central London... more

'Let pupils protest to stop them walking out of lessons'

23.11.10
Headteachers are being told to allow pupils to protest inside schools to stop them joining a national demonstration against university tuition fee increases... more

Headteachers call for bigger school classes to cope with surge in population

28.06.10
Primary school class sizes must rise to cope with a surge in the number of children who will need places over the next four years, headteachers say... more

Parents back the end of Sats as teachers refuse to set exams

11.05.10
Parents demanded the abolition of primary school Sats as growing industrial action by headteachers hit 20,000 children across London... more

Thousands of pupils miss Sats in teachers’ boycott

10.05.10
At least 15,000 primary school children were prevented from taking compulsory reading tests as headteachers boycotted national Sats... more

Tories to review 'legal highs' after teenage deaths

17.03.10
Tory government would hold an urgent review of 'legal highs' and consider banning the mephedrone drug linked to the deaths of two teenagers, the shadow home secretary promises... more

Teaching unions ballot members in bid to abolish Sats

26.01.10
Teaching unions on collision course with Schools Secretary Ed Balls over Sats tests after announcing they are to ballot members on a boycott... more

Yoga and breakfast help pupils to top of the table

01.12.09
Yoga classes and a healthy disregard for government initiatives saw a London primary school rise to the top of the league tables... more

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 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

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

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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