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Poor children are being let down by schools, warns Ofsted
The country’s most talented teachers and heads should be put on central contracts so they can be parachuted into schools that are failing disadvantaged pupils, Chief Schools Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw will urge today.


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Poor children are being failed by schools, warns Ofsted
The country’s most talented teachers and heads should be put on central contracts so they can be parachuted into schools that are failing disadvantaged pupils, Chief Schools Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw will urge today.


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Schools chief Sir Michael Wilshaw: Use the best teachers to help failing schools
The country’s most talented teachers and heads should be put on central contracts so they can be parachuted into schools that are failing disadvantaged pupils, Chief Schools Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw will urge today.


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CBI chief John Cridland says careers advice in schools leaves too few youngsters equipped for work
Careers advice in schools is on "life support" with too few youngsters equipped to cope with the world of work, the head of Britain's employers warned today.


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'Exams, exams, exams': Children's author Sally Gardner says new national curriculum would stifle classroom creativity
Award-winning children's author Sally Gardner today savaged the Government's proposed new national curriculum for stifling creativity in the classroom by leaving pupils with a diet of "exams, exams, exams, exams".


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'Exams, exams, exams': children's author Sally Gardner says new national curriculum would stifle classroom creativity
Award-winning children's author Sally Gardner today savaged the Government's proposed new national curriculum for stifling creativity in the classroom by leaving pupils with a diet of "exams, exams, exams, exams".


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Universities: Sport success not as vital as it used to be
The days of universities seeking the best athletes and sportsmen and women to boost their sporting prowess appear to be over, according to a new survey.


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Universities: Sport success not as vital as it used to be
The days of universities seeking the best athletes and sportsmen and women to boost their sporting prowess appear to be over, according to a new survey.


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Buckinghamshire village up in arms over location of new Sikh secondary school
A Buckinghamshire village is threatening legal action over plans to set up an 850-pupil Sikh secondary school in its midst. Residents of Stoke Poges have warned they will seek a judicial review of the proposal after Department for Education {DfE) bought an office block in the village for the school for a reputed £4.5m.


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The Buckinghamshire village that could scupper Michael Gove's free school revolution
A Buckinghamshire village is threatening legal action over plans to set up an 850-pupil Sikh secondary school in its midst. Residents of Stoke Poges have warned they will seek a judicial review of the proposal after Department for Education {DfE) bought an office block in the village for the school for a reputed £4.5m.
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Stephen Twigg: Labour would let all schools choose curriculum, not just free schools and academies
Every state school in the country will be able to choose its own curriculum and lengthen term times if Labour wins the next general election, the shadow Education Secretary, Stephen Twigg, will pledge.


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Labour to let all schools choose curriculum, not just free schools and academies, Stephen Twigg to pledge
Every state school in the country will be able to choose its own curriculum and lengthen term times if Labour wins the next general election, the shadow Education Secretary, Stephen Twigg, will pledge.


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Labour to let schools choose curriculum, Stephen Twigg to pledge
Every state school in the country will be able to choose its own curriculum and lengthen term times if Labour wins the next general election, the shadow Education Secretary, Stephen Twigg, will pledge.


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Top universities taking even fewer state pupils than 10 years ago
Top universities have been warned they must change their “elitist” image after a study found that they are awarding places to fewer students from state schools and poor families than a decade ago.


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Elite universities taking fewer state-educated pupils than a decade ago
Top universities have been warned they must change their “elitist” image after a study found that they are awarding places to fewer students from state schools and poor families than a decade ago.
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Britain's top universities taking fewer state-educated pupils than a decade ago
Top universities have been warned they must change their “elitist” image after a study found that they are awarding places to fewer students from state schools and poor families than a decade ago.
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Elite universities taking fewer state-educated pupils than a decade ago
Top universities have been warned they must change their “elitist” image after a study found that they are awarding places to fewer students from state schools and poor families than a decade ago.
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School 'could invite porn star' as speaker to help pupils understand difference between online fantasy and real relationships
A headmaster has suggested he could invite a porn star into his top private school to help pupils understand the difference between online fantasy and real relationships.


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Schools to offer pupils 'lessons on death' from the age of three
Thousands of schoolchildren from the age of three upwards are to receive lessons on how to deal with death.


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Underachieving pupils more susceptible to joining EDL, says Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw
The head of Ofsted has warned that underachieving young people could be more susceptible to joining organisations such as the English Defence League, as low skilled jobs become more difficult to secure.


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Computer code courses for children target global expansion
A Google-backed London start-up that teaches primary school children computer coding is expanding overseas after being flooded with requests to set up spin-offs across the world.


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More than 40 per cent of comprehensive schools are failing brightest pupils, Ofsted warns
Too many comprehensive schools are failing to get the best out of their brightest pupils, chief schools inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw, will say today.


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Schools are failing brightest pupils: More than 40% of comprehensive schools are not challenging the most able, Ofsted warns
Too many comprehensive schools are failing to get the best out of their brightest pupils, chief schools inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw, will say today.


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Class of 2013: This year's graduates are the most optimistic in 15 years
The class of 2013 are the most optimistic bunch of graduates over their prospects of gaining employment for 15 years, according to research out today.


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Class of 2013: This year's graduates are the most optimistic in 15 years
The class of 2013 are the most optimistic bunch of graduates over their prospects of gaining employment for 15 years, according to research out today.

