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Union: 'Ban teachers who are BNP supporters'
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Union calls for action after far-right party's members are listed online.
Vomiting rugby player sparks team's withdrawal
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
A university suspended its rugby team from fixtures today after a vomiting player brought a bus to a standstill on the way home from an initiation ceremony.
More than third of schools failing pupils, Ofsted warns
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
More than a third of schools are not giving pupils a good education, inspectors warned today.
10 per cent of pupils fail to master maths
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
More than 30,000 leave primary school with the numerical skills of 7-year-olds
Single-sex schools 'are the future'
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Differences in how male and female brains work mean single-sex schooling will make a comeback, a leading headmistress says.
Exams chief casts doubt on diplomas
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
The head of the country's biggest exams board yesterday cast fresh doubt on the success of the Government's new flagship diploma qualification.
Pupils' excuses keep up with technology
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Schoolchildren have always been inventive when it comes to excuses for not handing in their homework - and now they are increasingly blaming technology, a new survey revealed today.
Failing schools turned round by 'superheads'
Monday, 17 November 2008
Parachuting headteachers in to act as consultants or executive heads in schools that are struggling has had a remarkably positive effect on performance, research reveals.
Pupils are 'bullied for their beliefs'
Monday, 17 November 2008
One in four children with a religious belief is bullied at school as a result of their faith, research shows. The findings have prompted anti-bullying campaigners to urge ministers to make it compulsory for schools to record all incidents of faith-based bullying, as they have to do in cases of racism and homophobia.
Ofsted accused of sub-standard school inspections
Sunday, 16 November 2008
Ofsted is carrying out sub-standard inspections which fail to properly investigate schools' performance, an independent think tank said today.
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