News Archive...

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

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August 2011

31/08/11
More students study core subjects thanks to EBacc

EBacc 'influencing GCSE subject choices'

Free schools: 24 set to open in September

Teachers in strike threat over pensions

Councils cut rises after academy underestimate

Number of disabled children taking short breaks soars

Deaf children's services win reprieve in Stoke-on-Trent

25/08/11
GCSE results 2011: girls widen their lead

GCSE results 2011: One in four entries gets A or A*

Number of 'Neets' aged 19 to 24 hits a new high

24/08/11
Thousands of pupils skipped lessons

Two-thirds of parents disagree with school expansion policy

23/08/11
Post-GCSE dropout fears despite predictions of success

Novels read monthly by 'less than one in two children'

Council faces legal challenge over plan to axe deaf children's support

Progression beyond school is variable for young people with learning difficulties and disabilities - Ofsted

22/09/11
School admissions overhaul 'would leave system open to abuse'

19/08/11
Boys close the gap on girls in key subjects

18/08/11
A-level passes rise amid university places pressure

17/08/11
The crisis facing Britain's education system

Autism charity complains over education unit closure

Lincolnshire free school plans rejected

16/08/11
Sixth-forms and colleges 'cutting support and courses'

Musicians call for wider EBacc subject list

A level students to face lack of support on results day, warns institute

Free schools setback as ministers publish planning rules

Blunder gives A-level students results too early

11/08/11
Too few trainee teachers end up in schools, says report

Reforms of teacher training will bring mass shortages, report finds

10/08/11
UK riots: Michael Gove stresses new discipline measures

Heads challenge parents over riot youths

School hacked by pupil broke data protection act

08/08/11
Small talk at the movies: cinemas let autistic children make some noise

Maths taskforce calls for GCSE to be split in two to improve numeracy

Scrap GCSEs, says head of UK private schools

Academies in England: where are the schools and where will the new ones be?

Pupils 'will not lose out' over exam paper errors

05/08/11
Fair marks promised after exam errors

03/08/11
One in three pupils leaves primary school struggling with the three Rs

Sats results: brightest children 'going backwards' at 11

02/08/11
Key Stage 2 test results published

Free Schools update

Third of primary pupils 'failing'

Lincolnshire schools mired in academies row

One in five young people falls victim to cyberbullying

01/08/11
Fewer school children expelled from England's schools

Teachers' anger at increase in pension cost

Almost 900 pupils suspended from school each day for violence

National projections for the number of pupils in schools

Government is acting to get children ready for school

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