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Better safe than sorry? Care applications still rising after Baby P
Social workers are putting more and more children in care in the wake of the Baby P case, figures out today show.
Apprentices 'just as important as graduates'
Gove paves way for purge of the teachers
'Satisfactory' not good enough for England's schools
Apprentices 'just as important as graduates'
"Technical excellence" should be placed on a par with "academic prowess" in Britain's rebalanced economy, David Cameron has said.
'Satisfactory' not good enough for England's schools
Schools watchdog Ofsted is scrapping its 'satisfactory' rating in a bid to improve coasting schools.
Gove paves way for purge of the teachers
Headteachers will find it much easier to get rid of poorly performing teachers under a shakeup of rules from Michael Gove.
'Bored' pupils liberated in ICT lessons
British schoolchildren are to be encouraged to embrace their inner nerd through changes to the ICT curriculum.
New Ofsted boss backs school commissioners
The schools watchdog's new head has called for the introduction of apolitical local education chiefs.
Victory for Lib Dems as pupil fund boosted
The coalition is expanding its pupil premium, as part of a bid to narrow educational attainment between the richest and poorest in society.
University applications down 13% following fees increase
The first evidence has emerged of a drop in university applications following the increase in tuition fees.
Teaching union votes to strike
Teachers belonging to the largest teachers' union have voted to strike later this month.
More toddlers to get free early education
One hundred and forty thousand disadvantaged two-year-olds could gain access to 15 hours a week of free early education, according to new government plans.
Only 24 arrests at tuition fee march
Today's tuition fee protest through central London appears to have passed off without violence.
Headteachers set to strike for first time ever
Headteachers have voted for strike action for the first time ever later, but union chiefs say it is still "not too late" to resolve the public sector pensions impasse.
Don't get violent, tuition fee protesters told
Universities minister David Willetts has appealed to tuition fee protesters to avoid violence in Wednesday's upcoming protest.
PM leads adoption push against councils
Councils which are failing to deal with adoption cases quickly are to be embarrassed into action.
Worst school cuts 'since the '50s'
Schools in Britain will endure the biggest cuts to education seen since the 1950s, tax and spending experts have warned.
Dramatic fall in university applications
The number of young people applying for places at university has fallen by almost 12% ahead of next September, when tuition fees will rise to £9,000, official figures show.
Students unable to afford costs of further education
A sharp drop in student numbers suggests students are struggling to cope without the Education Maintenance Allowance, [EMA], a new report suggests.
'Pro-EU propaganda' proposed for UK schools
Schools could be forced to teach lessons on the benefits of the EU, under plans in a report to the European parliament.
The decline of the Bunsen Burner
Scientists of the future are being discouraged by over-zealous health and safety concerns at school, a committee of MPs has said.
Truants could cost parents their benefits
Truanting children could cost parents their benefits, David Cameron has suggested.
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