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“an unprecedented four out of five young people now expect to go to university.”
“The £340,000 Maidenhead project was funded between the council and the government's Links to School programme.”
“Newlands Girls' School, Altwood CE Secondary, St Edmund Campion RC Primary and All Saints CE Junior School are expected to benefit.”
“A new £15m state-of-the-art college has been officially opened in Melton Mowbray.”
“takes boys and girls aged between 11 and 16”
“So the planned reform of the primary curriculum in England, based on last year's review led by Sir Jim Rose, has been scrapped.”
“This means two important elements from Rose have now been put on hold. First, there was the requirement for children to learn a foreign language from the age of seven. And second, was the plan to make ICT a "core" part of the curriculum al…”
“So far, 10 diploma subjects have been introduced in England. A further four start in September. However, the government has said the final three diplomas, planned for 2011, will not now happen.”
“So, for example, in a letter to local councils this week, the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, revealed that he was cutting £13.2m from support funding for delivering the 14-19 reforms.”
“The Education Secretary had already announced the abolition of the role of 14-19 regional advisers and a whole range of other "efficiency savings" in the reforms affecting students in this age range.”
“However, it is worth noting that a foreign language has been part of the curriculum in elementary schools in Massachusetts since 1996.”
“And in primary schools in Singapore, another country praised by Mr Gove, they have just started to put a greater focus on life skills, oral skills and arts, music and PE.”
“Singapore's education ministry has also recently urged schools to "move away from an overly strong emphasis on examinations" in the early years.”
“Michael Gove says there will be a one-off review of the curriculum and that, after that, it should be left alone.”
“This means two important elements from Rose have now been put on hold. First, there was the requirement for children to learn a foreign language from the age of seven. And second, was the plan to make ICT a "core" part of the curriculum al…”
“Meanwhile, the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, said this week he wanted a "properly international curriculum".”
“He did say he wanted to learn from the best curricula in the world, "from Massachusetts to the Pacific Rim".”
“Although he gave few specifics, the Education Secretary repeated his desire for a compulsory curriculum reduced to a "simple core".”
“The foundation stone for a new £33.8m school in the Isle of Man has been laid by the school's former head teacher.”
“The school is set to open in September 2012, the Department of Education said.”
“Pupils are due to move from the current school in September 2012.”
“It will accommodate the 800 students from years seven to nine from the current school, and will have space for 300 new pupils.”
“£180m went to the Scottish Funding Council.”
“they only have 72 hours to raise £2.5m.”
“lawyers to implement an equity scheme would cost about £1m.”
“would take too long (six weeks) to legally organise mounting a takeover of the school.”
“We have had £170,000 in pledges from interested investors but we will now have to give that back as we can't offer them an equity stake in the school due to time and cost restraints. We have £5,000 in donations and a further £24,000 in ple…”
“It was announced last week that the school would close at the end of term on 29 June after running into financial difficulty.”
“The school, including the nursery, has 397 pupils and 143 staff - 69 teaching and 74 non-teaching.”
“She added that they were also looking at saving the junior school if they were unable to obtain the money to save the senior school.”
“with the aim of opening the first wave of free schools in autumn 2011.”
“About half of more than 700 expressions of interest are from teachers.”
“As initial start-up funding, the government is allocating £50m with an unspecified larger amount to follow”
“where a single academy could cost £25m”
“plans for staffing and premises will have to show viability for at least five years.”
“proposals should have the support of at least 40 to 50 parents for a primary school”
“The coalition government is now inviting applications, with the aim of opening the first wave of free schools in autumn 2011.”
“Mr Gove says proposals should have the support of at least 40 to 50 parents for a primary school, and more for a secondary school.”
“The school will open in 2011 and will have a specific focus on digital media, both as a subject area and as an education tool.”
“Results there have since gone from 11% of A-C GCSE passes in 2006 to 44% last year.”
“vacancies have to be filled at primary and secondary schools "Unexpected decisions" by some teachers to retire early is among the reasons for more than 50 vacancies at schools in the Highlands, the council has said.”
“One of the schools, Culloden Academy, is looking to fill four jobs.”
“The organisation's survey found 25.5% of teachers had secured full-time permanent work, with 4.5% on part-time contracts.”
“The figures suggested that about 30% of new teachers had managed to secure permanent work, a drop of 9% on the situation a year ago.”
“Samantha and Nathaniel will compete in Madrid on 28 June”
“Both students sat 50-minute online exams in Word and Excel, completing them in under six minutes, and becoming the first students to score 100%.”
“More than 100,000 students from 70 countries around the world compete in the annual competition.”
“Later this year, the university is to publish Twain's uncensored autobiography in full for the first time. The first of three volumes will be published in November to celebrate the 175th anniversary of his birth.”
“In 2007, the Welsh Assembly Government issued guidance to schools on how to deal with separated or divorced parents.”
“Two fathers whose children both had fits in school said they were not informed of the incidents because they did not live with the child.”
“Work has started on a £13m university campus in Darlington.”
“Teesside University is hoping to open the complex, next to the existing Darlington College, in June next year.”
“The site will cater for 1,200 students, the majority of them part-time, in what the university described as a "major expansion of higher education".”
“The building, which has been funded by the university, regeneration agency One NorthEast and Darlington Council, will cover 4,000 sq m.”
“The site will cater for 1,200 students, the majority of them part-time, in what the university described as a 'major expansion of higher education'.”
“The school's head teacher Julie Messer said a small number of children and parents who saw the incident had been offered support.”
“In a statement Ms Messer said: "This incident happened when the children had already arrived at the school. "We sent letters home to reassure parents that we are liaising with the police and the local authority. "Children carried on with t…”
“It says 720 groups have expressed an interest in starting schools - half of them teachers.”
“A threshold of just 40 or 50 parents will be needed for a primary school bid, with more support needed for a secondary school,”
“More than 700 groups have expressed an interest in setting up a school in England.”
“A threshold of just 40 or 50 parents will be needed for a primary school bid, with more support needed for a secondary school, Mr Gove told a news conference.”
“The government expects the first of the new breed of 'free schools' to open in September next year.”
“Free schools will not have to follow the national curriculum but will need to provide an education that is 'broad and balanced', in the same way as new academies will.”
“The free schools scheme is one of the two key plans set to change the shape of England's schools system. The other is the academies programme, where good schools are being encouraged to opt out of local authority control.”
“Some schools are due to convert to academies in the autumn.”
“a dozen parents”
“200-page proposal”
“330 pupils”
“three year groups”
“as many as 700 children”
“over a million bricks”
“A waste of a million bricks”
“£75m building”
“Inverness College is to relocate to a new £75m building at a proposed campus.”
“The first phase of the education and research campus was given conditional approval by Highland councillors last month.”
“A school in Dorset says it has disciplined three boys after they played a 'racist' video in class which caused offence to a South Korean pupil.”
“More than 160 parents have signed a letter calling for a vote on the future of the headteacher of a Reading school.”
“The letter, which has been signed by 169 parents in two days, said:”
“other parents, whose children are among the 432 pupils, have supported Mrs Singh.”
“Mrs Singh started the role last September.”
“A £6.5m drive to help hundreds of school and college leavers find jobs has been launched in Scotland.”
“It will provide 800 vocational training courses for 16 and 17-year-olds and 60 entrepreneurial training opportunities to help youngsters set up in business.”
“And the package will also create 1,000 volunteering places, 750 graduate placements and an employers' helpline.”
“He told the Scottish Parliament the recession had encouraged more people than normal to stay on in education, meaning 3,000 more youngsters leaving school or college this year.”
“Mr Brown said the new package of measures was "specifically designed to deal with the pressure created by this summer's leavers".”
“The university charges graduates' guests £15 each to attend the event hosted by its chancellor, X-Men and Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart.”
“Professor Thornton said the university decided in 2002 to make its graduation ceremony 'an impressive event'. The charges were introduced that year.”
“However, about 500 students have signed a petition calling or the charge to be scrapped.”
“There are other universities that do not charge for graduation ceremonies such as Bradford, Reading, Newcastle and Liverpool.”
“Leonard Blavatnik, 53, whose fortune is estimated at £3bn, is giving the project £75m.”
“A Russian-born businessman is to help fund a new £100m School of Government at Oxford University.”
“The university describes Mr Blavatnik's donation, which may rise to £100m, as 'one of the most generous' gifts in their 900-year history.”
“It is hoped more than 40 academic posts and a new building will be created on the university's new Radcliffe Observatory Quarter.”
“The university describes Mr Blavatnik's donation [...] as 'one of the most generous' gifts in their 900-year history.”
“University administrators hope the new school will open in 2012, and offer a one-year Master's degree.”
“Other casualties include the Find Your Talent scheme that sought to offer children and young people five hours of culture a week both in and out of school.”
“The scheme, launched last year, had made half a million free tickets available to people under the age of 26.”
“Crossroads Primary near Kilmarnock, which has 52 pupils.”
“500 and odd schools that are smaller than that in Scotland”
“The Catholic Education Service has written to 2,000 Catholic schools, advising 'great caution' on academies.”
