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Parents want default porn block, after all

How young is too young? Four in ten parents want five-year-olds taught about pornography

The number of parents supporting a default ban on all pornographic websites has jumped, according to new research.

Ministers reject default porn block

Labour backs porn 'opt-in' proposal

Internet pornography 'opt-in' plans on the way

Pupils' uncertainty continues as GCSE legal challenge begins

GCSE grade fiasco has prompted one in 14 pupils to retake their grades

Even if the legal challenge against this summer's GCSE grading decisions begun today succeeds students will still face uncertainty, a solicitor has warned.

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Double whammy: Lib Dem policy fails amid tuition fee row

Pupil premium rollout has not proved straightforward

The Liberal Democrats' flagship policy for disadvantaged children is failing, according to an official report.

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Gove 'ignored independent advice' to back playing field sell-offs

School playing fields are especially sensitive after the Olympics

Ministers have been left red-faced after it emerged the government had got its figures wrong on the number of playing fields sold off under the coalition.

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Playing fields rule change anger after Olympics

School sports provision is coming in focus after the Olympics

The coalition's decision to abandon rules ensuring outdoor space per school pupil is coming under fire from campaigners after the Olympics.

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Schools banned from using pupils biometric data with consent

Biometrics enhance site security but raise issues of civil liberties.

Schools will not be able to use pupils' biometric data without parental consent, according to new advice being put forward by the government.

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Truants' parents face benefits fine

School attendance is closely linked to educational attainment

Parents of truanting children are to be fined from their child benefit under new measures to increase school attendance announced today.

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'Satisfactory' not good enough for England's schools

Mediocrity no longer good enough for England's schools

Schools watchdog Ofsted is scrapping its 'satisfactory' rating in a bid to improve coasting schools.

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Gove: Pupils don't deserve to be taught badly

Gove: Pupils don't deserve to be taught badly

Education secretary Michael Gove explains his latest bid to drive up teaching standards in an interview with the Mail newspaper:

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NAHT: Teachers must accept responsibility for their performance

NAHT: Teachers must accept responsibility for their performance

National Association of Head Teachers union's general secretary Russell Hobby comments on Michael Gove's plans to drive up teaching standards:

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Voice: Teachers need longer than a term to improve

Voice: Teachers need longer than a term to improve

Voice general secretary Philip Parkin comments on Michael Gove's plans to drive up teaching standards:

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Gove paves way for purge of the teachers

Michael Gove wants big changes to teaching standards

Headteachers will find it much easier to get rid of poorly performing teachers under a shakeup of rules from Michael Gove.

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New Ofsted boss backs school commissioners

Local school commissioners could replace local education authorities

The schools watchdog's new head has called for the introduction of apolitical local education chiefs.

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Victory for Lib Dems as pupil fund boosted

Extra schoolchildren to benefit from pupil premium

The coalition is expanding its pupil premium, as part of a bid to narrow educational attainment between the richest and poorest in society.

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Graham Stuart: School funding system needs to change

Graham Stuart: School funding system needs to change

Education committee chair Graham Stuart comments on the Today programme on the IFS' report on education funding:

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DfE: Transitional arrangements needed for school funding change

DfE: Transitional arrangements needed for school funding change

A Department for Education spokesperson comments on the IFS report on the funding system used for schools:

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IFS: No time to waste on school funding reform

IFS: No time to waste on school funding reform

Luke Sibieta, senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, makes the case for reform of the system used for school funding:

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Comment: Cutting education is cutting the future

Dr Azeem Ibrahim is a Fellow and Member of the Board of Directors at the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding

The education budget should be inviolate instead of consistently on the chopping block.

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Clegg stands firm over free school profits

Nick Clegg won't allow free school profits

Nick Clegg will not "tolerate" state-run schools which are run for profit, he will say in a speech later.

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Gove laments education's 'lost souls'

Michael Gove pledges to take action against the 'educational underclass'

Britain is blighted by "lost souls" which the school system has failed, Michael Gove has said.

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Gove braces for teacher walkout

Education secretary Michael Gove wants as many schools to remain open as possible

Michael Gove continues to hope negotiations will make progress with teaching unions set to strike this Thursday.

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Gove moves against worst primary schools

Worst primary schools will be forced to turn into academies

Two hundred underperforming primary schools are to be turned into academies, Michael Gove has announced.

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Pensions impasse pushes teacher strike closer

Teachers now voting on whether to strike over pensions

Leading teaching union figures have written off negotiations with government officials, increasing the chances of strike action.

PFI could finance 100 new state schools

Treasury is yet to agree to PFI plan - report

Private sector money could be used to fund the construction of 100 new state schools, according to a report.

Teachers poised for strike action

Apple for the teacher? Changes to pensions are prompting fury among some union members.

A prominent teachers' union has begun balloting its members over strike action due to changes to their pensions.

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