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Science 'just for posh kids' as subject dwindles in state sector

06.10.09
Study of science is becoming the preserve of 'posh kids' from private schools amid warnings of a shortage of specialist teachers in state education... more

Rudd in the money as Finsbury shrugs off recession

06.10.09
City public relations supremo Roland Rudd earned £2.9 million last year as his Finsbury agency prospered despite the credit crunch ... more

Students ‘tricked into thinking they will earn more after study’

05.10.09
Ministers have 'played a confidence trick' on a generation of students to go to university with the false promise they will earn more as graduates, leading private schools warned... more

Universities ‘giving poorer state pupils a three-grade advantage’

05.10.09
Leading universities have been accused of deliberately 'dumbing down' under government pressure to take more working class students... more

Top private schools launch attack on Cameron’s ‘unrealistic’ reforms

02.10.09
David Cameron suffers major blow on eve of the Conservative Party conference as Britain’s most prestigious private schools condemns his flagship education reforms... more

Why schools are turning their back on GCSEs

27.08.09
A clear majority of independent schools offers pupils at least one International GCSE (IGCSE), a fact that confirms the growing distinction between the independent and maintained school sectors... more

School fees will rise to pay for poor, say head

14.07.09
Middle-class parents will be forced to pay higher private school fees to subsidise places for poor children after a landmark ruling, headteachers warned... more

Private school fees may rise to help fund poorer pupils

17.12.08
Middle-class parents could face sharply rising private school fees to subsidise places for poorer children under changes in the law... more

Private school fees could rise to help poorer pupils

17.12.08
Middle-class parents could face sharply rising private school fees to subsidise places for poorer children under new laws... more

Club that aims to give Eton’s boys an edge

04.12.08
Forget the Bullingdon Club. Forget too, these troubled times. Eton College has started its own club for those keen to get on, credit crunch or not: The Stockbroking Society... more

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