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The room at the Nanford Guest House in Oxford, where the Oxford sex ring used to take vulnerable underage girls who were groomed for sexual exploitation (PA)

To tackle child sexual exploitation, prevention is better than new law

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Children are spending more time time reading on computers or other electronic devices than on books, magazines and comics for the first time, according to a study out today.

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GCSE and A-Level grading this summer could be as chaotic as last year because quality of marking is still poor, leading school heads warn

School headmaster says major issue of shoddy marking needs to be tackled

Greater Manchester Police has more senior officers fighting child sexual exploitation than gun crime

Britain's second largest police force is deploying more senior officers to fight child sexual exploitation than it is against violent gun crime.

Michael Gove sought to criticise teaching standards

Dumbing down, Minister? Michael Gove gets his educational facts from marketing surveys for Premier Inn and UKTV Gold

Education Secretary’s attack on lack of pupils’ knowledge not based on any academic research

Testing times: Teachers think new exams at age 6 and 11 are worthless

School heads 'on brink of joining TUC'

Mood of headteachers is 'angrier and uglier' over education reforms

Detectives arrest suspect in historic sexual abuse allegations at Manchester music schools

Detectives investigating historic sexual abuse at Manchester music schools have made an arrest.

Maurice Gendron, who died in 1990

Famous cellist was abusive monster, says former pupil

Maurice Gendron, who taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School, was allegedly a sadist who abused his young students

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