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Here you will find News Headlines that were reported in December 2011.

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December 2011

31/12/11
Inner city head teacher made a dame by Queen

30/12/11
Just 17 'incompetent' teachers barred from the classroom

Girls 'more resilient' than boys at school

29/12/11
Schools encouraged to offer meal deals to pupils

28/12/11
Ofsted head calls for local troubleshooters

How spending cuts are hitting schools – despite coalition vow to protect them

School admissions fraud rises in race for best places

Primary school teachers resign after Facebook insults about pupils

22/12/11
GCSE exam paper withdrawn after examiners 'tipped off' teachers

21/12/11
Ofqual inquiry orders exam change

Public sector pension deal outlined by government

20/12/11
Curriculum changes pushed back to 2014

Michael Gove demands sweeping GCSE reforms

No choice but to become an academy?

19/12/11
Trainee teachers must try harder as thousands fail basic literacy test

Michael Gove accused of seeking selection in state schools

Children must learn their times tables by age of nine

Academies asked to commit to healthy school meals

15/12/11
Slow starting pupils 'don't catch up'

Primary school league tables show 1,310 schools failing on English and maths

14/12/11
Free school £21m private contract plan

ICT 'poor in secondary schools', Ofsted says

Schools facing head teacher shortage in pay row

Struggling schools 'being let down by poor teaching'

13/12/11
Chronic fatigue syndrome 'affects one in 100 pupils'

Pupil premium cash for poorer children rising to £600

12/12/11
Cameron urged to keep promise on disabled children

More children to receive pupil premium, minister says

Edexcel exam board defends test standards

MPs urge teaching finance in schools

Michael Gove scraps limits on grammar school growth

Schools struggle to tackle truancy as education welfare services decline

09/12/11
Local authorities prepare for cuts of up to eight per cent next year

Two-thirds 'fail new primary phonics reading check'

Government calls for 'fundamental reform' of exam system

08/12/11
Gove orders inquiry into exams advice given to teachers

07/12/11
Exams: Ofqual reports GCSE and A-level regrades rise

'No evidence' for England's schools falling behind

Heads qualification will no longer be compulsory

06/12/11
The rise of flexi-schooling

Will rush to academy status force all schools to convert?

05/12/11
Schools urged to improve volunteering opportunities for pupils

Discrimination against disabled children still widespread, study finds

'Coasting' schools told to improve within six years

Almost 4m children in Britain do not own a book, poll finds

Music in school: Michael Gove sounds optimistic note

Catholic faith schools in academy switch

02/12/11
School transport: Many councils 'making cuts'

Teaching unions in talks with government officials

Subtracting calculators adds to children's maths abilities, says minister

Number of adults in England with poor numeracy rising

01/12/11
US private education firm approved for free schools

UK schools disrupted by pension strike
 

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