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National Association of Head Teachers RSS feedAnger as ministers ignore call to overhaul ‘Victorian school system’
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Ministers were condemned today for rejecting the most comprehensive inquiry into primary education for 40 years2009-10-16T07:45:59Z10,000 back petition to demand end of Sats
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Ten thousand people have signed a petition calling for the end of Sats as industrial action over the tests moved a step closer2009-09-18T05:34:10ZEducation 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 weeks2009-05-01T11:52:41ZFree school meals for 30,000 Newham pupils in bid to cut obesity
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Every primary school child across a London borough will be given free meals in a drive to cut obesity2009-05-01T13:48:41ZTeachers 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” behaviour2009-03-26T09:35:01ZHalf 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 suggests2009-03-18T14:47:32ZExams chief: Written tests are a relic of 19th century
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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"2009-02-11T14:25:35ZExams crisis as 200,000 call for re-marks
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Record numbers of schools have sent their Sats papers back to be re-marked amid a dramatic loss of confidence in the exam system2008-12-18T09:19:29ZNew Sats fiasco looms over delay in finding firm to mark papers
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Schools are facing another Sats fiasco as government exam chiefs struggle to find a company to run next year's tests2008-12-15T08:47:00Z10,200 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 at age of 14 axed after marking fiasco
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National SATs for teenagers are to be scrapped in the wake of this summer's marking fiasco, the Evening Standard can reveal2008-10-14T13:49:26ZEducation
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The struggle to turn around some failing institutions has seen community leaders and politicians willing to embrace radical new teaching and funding methods.2008-10-02T14:27:43ZLabour's free school meals would cost £1bn
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A Government plan to give free lunches to every primary school child in England will cost £1billion a year2008-09-24T12:51:19ZPrimary pupils could be rated on lifestyle in lessons shake-up
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Primary schools could assess children on healthy lifestyles and attitudes towards sex, instead of traditional academic subjects, under a radical plan by ministers2008-09-23T08:40:28ZNursery for two-year-olds 'will harm toddlers'
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Gordon Brown's plan to provide free nursery places for two-year-olds risks creating a generation of "institutionalised" children2008-09-22T08:36:53ZExam 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 admitted2008-09-03T08:11:35ZSharp 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 Sats2008-08-05T08:37:23ZModern education 'turning children into little robots'
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Young children are being turned into "little robots" because primary education has become a mini-version of secondary school, teachers have warned2008-07-23T07:54:07ZBoroughs where 70% of pupils do not speak English in their homes
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More than 70 per cent of primary pupils in some London boroughs do not speak English as a first language2008-07-09T08:44:28ZSchools told to monitor pupils' health and homes
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Schools and local authorities are to be made accountable for tackling drug abuse, pregnancies and obesity among pupils under measures to improve "wellbeing"2008-07-03T09:41:22ZMore schools in London are failing Ofsted inspections
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More London schools are failing their inspections as Ofsted gets tough on poor results2008-06-04T14:08:39Z