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MP David Lammy addresses last week’s meeting at Downhills. Head Leslie Church, centre, later resigned

Head quits over Gove's academy ambitions

Governors defiant over 'hit list' as popular headteacher stands aside

US university hands out 400 degrees by mistake

A US university has revealed that hundreds of degrees given out over the past 10 years should never have been awarded, and may be revoked.

Special measures school head quits

The headteacher of a school resisting academy status has resigned after it was placed in special measures.

Head teacher of school resisting academy status steps down

The head teacher of a school resisting academy status has resigned after it was placed in special measures.

Sets fail pupils, study finds

Moves to reintroduce more setting and streaming in UK  state schools are fuelling a “vicious cycle” of underperformance,  particularly amongst disadvantaged youngsters, a top-level international study warned yesterday.

Tony Little, headmaster of Eton College, says politicians must start to look beyond education statistics

Eton head: Axe GCSEs and leave all exams until pupils are 18

Leaving certificate would end exam factory and allow schools and pupils more freedom of choice

OECD warns over UK education record

Almost one in five young people in the UK are not educated to A-level standard, leaving the nation lagging behind countries such as Slovenia and Estonia.

Ofsted boss outlines rating changes

As many as 1,000 outstanding schools could find their status under review because their teaching is not of the highest grade, Sir Michael Wilshaw announced today.

Professor Les Ebdon, vice-chancellor of Bedfordshire University

Tories veto Cable's choice for university watchdog

MPs' committee divided over selection of opponent of fees regime

'Ghost' free school has no pupils

A question mark is hovering over the future of a free school just eight months before it was due to open to 100 pupils.

Fear over reading levels among poor

Despite two centuries of change, many poor communities are still facing the same literacy problems experienced in Victorian times, Nick Gibb said today.

More children 'not toilet trained' by school age

Rising numbers of children are starting school without having been toilet trained, a survey suggests.

Headteachers fear exodus after inspector's attack

Headteachers warned of an exodus from the profession last night after England's new chief schools inspector claimed 5,000 of them were not up to scratch.

Schools minister Nick Gibb believes every 11-year-old should have read one Dickens story

Every pupil should read Dickens, says minister... (but he's too hard, says the author's biographer)

The Schools minister Nick Gibb has great expectations of Britain's 11-year-olds, singling out Charles Dickens' classic as one of the books all children should read before they leave primary school. But on the eve of Dickens' 200th birthday, his biographer has warned that young readers do not have the attention-span to appreciate his work.

Top universities warned over places for 'disadvantaged' students

Top universities in England were warned yesterday they face having to slash their fees if they fail to recruit more students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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Peter Storrie interview

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The Last Word: If Harry can't get England out of jail, we may as well throw away the key

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Suits you sir: Bill Nighy talks politics and sartorial style

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