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Young Britain's Got Talent fans have got a little while left until they find their niche in life, one study suggests

Starting at 22, Britons have talent

Britons have got talent – it just doesn’t emerge until they are 22, says a report published today.

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Education officials spent £10m on first-class fares

Monday, 16 November 2009

Education officials have run up a £10m bill for the taxpayer from first-class rail travel over the last three years. Civil servants bought an estimated 60,000 first-class tickets between 2006 and 2009. The scale of the spending – equivalent to just over 300 teachers' salaries or four new primary schools – provoked anger among opposition MPs and parents' leaders.

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Four win Independent's MBA awards

Monday, 16 November 2009

Women on top with record entries in our 12-year campaign to find talent

Childcare relief to stay

Monday, 16 November 2009

Ministers were in retreat yesterday over plans to abolish tax relief on childcare vouchers paid to working families.

Pay cuts hit private school teachers

Monday, 16 November 2009

One in six teachers in independent schools have been forced to take a pay cut this year because of the recession, according to a report out today.

72,000 pupils in grades bungle

Saturday, 14 November 2009

Up to one in six pupils may have been awarded the wrong grade in national curriculum science tests, according to a report published yesterday.

Girls shouldn't expect to 'have it all' says school head

Friday, 13 November 2009

Girls' expectations may be overly ambitious says a leading headmistress.

Half of 14-year-olds have been bullied

Friday, 13 November 2009

Nearly half of England's 14-year-olds have been a victim of bullying, research has found.

Took a look at yourself! Get an A for Anthropology

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Richard Garner: “The mobile phone has become the modern equivalent of the garden fence or village green.” Discuss.

Churchill said: 'We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills: we shall never surrender.' The computer marked him down for repetition

Fail him on the beaches

Thursday, 12 November 2009

A computerised system is increasingly used to mark exam papers. It's a good job Churchill wasn't being examined...

Schools are under pressure to get good results, says Greg Watson of OCR

Exam board chief warns of loss of public trust in system

Thursday, 12 November 2009

The head of one of the country's biggest exam boards warned yesterday of a loss of public trust in exams.

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