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Boy of five took knife to school

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

A five-year-old boy smuggled a knife into school, intending to use it on one of his teachers, it was revealed today.

School that hands out iPods wins award

Monday, 20 October 2008

Persuading youngsters to adopt a healthy lifestyle could not be more crucial than in Glasgow, where the gap in life expectancy between the poorest and most affluent areas is a staggering 28 years. Shawlands Academy, a 1,250-pupil school serving some of the city's most deprived wards, has come up with a novel answer to the problem.

Five-year-old caught with knife in school

Monday, 20 October 2008

A five-year-old boy smuggled a knife into school, intending to use it on one of his teachers, it was revealed today.

I think, therefore I am: In Year Three

Saturday, 18 October 2008

Seven and eight-year-olds are getting pioneering new lessons in philosophy to help teach them how to think

Academy scheme to expand

Friday, 17 October 2008

70 'failing' schools are added to Government's list, taking total to 310

Welsh children 'less likely to be smacked'

Friday, 17 October 2008

Children brought up in Wales are less likely to be smacked by their parents than those in any other part of the UK, says a study released today.

Row over 'appalling' GCSE results

Thursday, 16 October 2008

Critics are furious at the failure of more than half of pupils to meet the Government's benchmark.

Do you have an Oxbridge mind?

Thursday, 16 October 2008

Students hoping for a place at Oxford and Cambridge universities are being asked a series of bizarre questions as academics attempt to choose between students achieving almost uniformly high scores at A-level.

Tests at 14 are scrapped

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

But 11-year-old children at schools in England still face Sats next summer.

Parents get the blame for naughty children

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Poor parenting is to blame for a major deterioration in the behaviour of primary school pupils over the past five years, a study suggests today.

Richard Garner: With Sats scrapped, maybe league tables should be next

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

The Government's decision to abolish tests for 14-year-olds has been welcomed by almost everyone as a good way of reducing the testing burden on pupils - the only small note of dissent has come from some teachers who believe their workload will increase through a move to teacher assessment.

Balls scraps Sats for 14-year-olds

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

National school tests for 14-year-olds were abolished today to the delight of parents and teachers' leaders.

State schools failing to find governors

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

State schools are short of 40,000 governors, according to a report being published today. inner-city schools have been worst hit by the crisis, with few parents volunteering to come forward to help run them, say researchers at Bath University.

New diplomas are 'a complete flop'

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

The number of teenagers taking up the Government's flagship new diplomas has plummeted to well below the reduced target figure set by ministers this summer, the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, was forced to admit yesterday.

Ofcom begins inquiry into effects of TV on toddlers

Monday, 13 October 2008

Pre-school programming has undergone a boom in recent years thanks to series such as Teletubbies and In The Night Garden and dedicated channels such as the BBC's CBeebies.

Cricket brings calm to state classrooms

Monday, 13 October 2008

The Phrase "it's not cricket" is reverberating again around state school classrooms. Good old-fashioned cricketing values have prompted an improvement in behaviour in schools, according to the evaluation of a project to promote the sport in schools to be published later this week.