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More than 15,000 primary seven pupils across Northern Ireland sit the second part of the last 11-plus exam.

Oxford and Cambridge give the engineering Diploma a boost by saying they will accept the qualification in applications.

A primary school teacher becomes the first in Scotland to admit charges of serious professional incompetence.

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