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Swimmer Rebecca Adlington and Mayor of London Boris Johnson join school children to help launch the 'Pools 4 Schools' initiative in 2009

More than a million primary schoolchildren unable to swim, says major survey

More than a million primary schoolchildren are unable to swim, says a major survey out today.
Majority of parents believe sex education should be compulsory in secondary schools, YouGov poll reveals
Reforms to teachers' pay ‘will mean bigger class sizes’
Paul McCartney lends support to free school in Liverpool
Labour pledges to beef up teaching standards in further education colleges
The school run is a health time bomb, report warns, at start of Walk to School Week
Headteachers want four-year-olds to be taught about dangers of porn
Nursery school leads to better exam results – but 'only for poorer pupils'
Heads send Michael Gove to bottom of the class
'Not in the best interests of children': Headteachers vote no confidence in Michael Gove's reforms
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Chalk Talk: Just what could be the source of headteachers' stress, Mr Gove?

Education Secretary Michael Gove has been likened to many things in his time, but the image of him as a "fanatical" personal-fitness trainer is one that does not readily come to mind. The analogy was made by Bernadette Hunter, president of the National Association of Head Teachers, in her address to her conference at the weekend.
The write stuff: How Unity Academy transformed its students' literacy skills
Chalk Talk: A cheering legacy of the summer of contentment
Swot up on how to pay school fees
The show must go on for Lytchett Minster school - in the Olympic canteen
Chalk Talk: What a carry on over a new state boarding school
Chalk Talk: Why can't all children be top of the class?
Is it time we banished homework?
David Caron: 'I want King's College London to be the Harvey Nichols of law schools'
Chalk Talk: A night that showed creativity in our schools at its very best
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School of frocks: students at the Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design in London

The absolutely fabulous school of fashion: The publisher of Vogue now has its own college

Chloë Hamilton ventures into its glossy interior to meet the first intake
The 10 best language products
'I'm in Birmingham but my students are global'
Can you master a language in a weekend?
Elocution lessons: Who wants to speak the Queen's English?
Education: The age of uncertainty
Proposed new immigration laws could deprive colleges of overseas students they depend on
A-level results: Subject by subject
A-level results: Sixth form colleges
A-level results: Comprehensive school results
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Chalk Talk: Two-and-a-half cheers for Gove's reforms from the history boys

Spare a thought for Professor Jonathan Clark, professor of British history at the University of Kansas and one of three eminent panellists debating the proposed new history curriculum at a seminar organised by the right-of-centre thinktank Politeia last week.
Luxury hotel with a difference: Essex University's Wivenhoe House is staffed by students
Universities allowed to increase places for brightest A-level students
UK business schools go global
As universities struggle to maintain student numbers, how did Surrey manage to grow by a third?
Give us a job: How graduates can stand out from the crowd
David Willetts: Why higher education is getting better by degrees
Host UK is helping foreign students combat the loneliness of the Christmas holidays
How to keep your head in a crisis
'It's all about being mindful and culturally sensitive'
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National archives: Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them

Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them

Newly unearthed papers reveal a shocking extra dimension to the constitutional crisis over monarch’s abdication
Sent down at the Old Bailey: A tour of the world's most famous court

Sent down at the Old Bailey

A tour of the world's most famous court
Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis’s date for his movie premieres isn’t arm candy  – it’s his 87-year-old friend who he saved from homelessness
British football scores an own goal

British football scores an own goal

Many managers barely survive a year in post. Martin Baker talks to experts who make a case for clubs using forensic business skills to find the best staff
James Lawton: Sergio Garcia cracks as major fault line opens up again

James Lawton

Sergio Garcia cracks as major fault line opens up again
Dylan Hartley: Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong

Dylan Hartley talks tough

Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong
Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

A meeting of global power brokers in a Hertfordshire hotel is exciting conspiracy theorists, but what are they really about?
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system': Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console

'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'

Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console
Plenty of Fish dating site founder pulls 'Intimate Encounters' option to ward off sleazy men

Plenty of sleaze

Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
Inferno author Dan Brown 'honoured' to be invited to join the Freemasons

The Freemasons’ Code

Dan Brown reveals the message that told him door to the lodge is open
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’: Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar

How to say ‘I’m a sellout’

Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar
Why clubs are keen to take a stand

Why clubs are keen to take a stand

There's a real desire around the grounds for safe standing. But will the authorities listen?
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

Disillusion with a siege mentality and negative playing style made change inevitable
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory – but also the ever-present threat of death