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Teacher who attacked pupil with dumbbell banned for life

Saturday, 30 July 2011

A science teacher who attacked a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell has been banned from teaching for life.

Question mark over A* grade as Oxbridge hopefuls miss out

Saturday, 30 July 2011

More than 12,000 students with at least one A* grade pass at A-level will be turned away from Oxford and Cambridge this year.

Parents raid school funds to make ends meet

Saturday, 30 July 2011

Parents are withdrawing cash set aside to pay for their offspring's education just to make ends meet, according to research out today.

Almost 900 expelled from school every day

Friday, 29 July 2011

Richard Garner: Almost 900 pupils are excluded from state schools every day for abusing or assaulting staff or their classmates.

Using football to tackle pupil misbehaviour

Friday, 29 July 2011

A pioneering school set up in the stadium of a Premier League football club has had a remarkable success in helping expelled pupils get back into the classroom. Now the model adopted at Sunderland football club could be used as a blueprint for the way other schools tackle the teaching of disruptive pupils.

Numbers at primary school to soar

Friday, 29 July 2011

An extra half-a-million pupils will be attending England's primary schools by 2018 as pressure on the system continues to increase, figures show.

English Baccalaureate rushed by Gove, say MPs

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Education Secretary Michael Gove was wrong to introduce his flagship English Baccalaureate this year, an influential group of MPs say today.

Hundreds of pupils suspended daily

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Almost 900 children are suspended from school every day for attacking or verbally abusing their teachers and classmates, new figures show.

State secondaries rush to take up traditional GCSE alternative

Thursday, 28 July 2011

More than 200 state secondary schools have ditched the GCSE in favour of a more traditional O-level style examination.

Fewer students deferring studies

Friday, 22 July 2011

The numbers of students deferring university places to 2012 has dropped by almost two thirds, as youngsters try to avoid the tuition fee hike, new figures show.

Scholarships for the poor

Friday, 22 July 2011

University scholarships should be awarded to poor 15-year-olds in England, Simon Hughes has said.

Scheme to replace EMA under attack from MPs

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

The Government has come under attack for the way it introduced a new bursary scheme.

Cambridge Results 2011 - Tompkins Table

Monday, 18 July 2011

Trinity College is the top college in the Tompkins Table of performance at Cambridge University this year, pushing Emmanuel into 2nd place and regaining the lead it held in 2009.

First-class arts and humanities students help Trinity to top place in Cambridge league table

Monday, 18 July 2011

Trinity College, Cambridge University's biggest college, has swept back to the top of a league table for undergraduate degree results.

Pensioner to pick up degree 66 years late

Monday, 18 July 2011

An 85-year-old man was due to pick up his degree today, more than 60 years after completing his studies.

Heads target free school meals as route to extra funds

Sunday, 17 July 2011

Brian Brady: Low-income parents encouraged to sign up their children to trigger pupil premium payments.

British student's body found

Saturday, 16 July 2011

The body of a British student who went missing in the Amazon jungle has been found, it was confirmed today.

Figures reveal university divide

Saturday, 16 July 2011

Graduates face wildly differing job prospects depending on the university they attended, official statistics show.

Ofsted to make spot checks at schools with unruly pupils

Friday, 15 July 2011

Lewis Smith: Inspectors will make unannounced visits at schools where problems of pupil indiscipline have been identified.

Schools cut subjects to fit with new Baccalaureate

Thursday, 14 July 2011

More than four out of 10 secondary schools have axed key subjects from the curriculum as a result of the Government's new English Baccalaureate, a conference was told yesterday. Drama, arts, religious education and information technology have all suffered severe cutbacks with teachers in these areas being made redundant.