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Primary schools vs Gove: the battle over academies
As four primary schools launch a legal challenge against Michael Gove for “forcing” them to accept academy status, Channel 4 News speaks to the parents battling to save their school.
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FactCheck: Do academy schools perform better?
“Any school that acquires a new building, a new head teacher and many new staff is likely to improve its pupils’ levels of attainment.”
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PM tells Gove to ‘get a move on’ with schools policy
Education Secretary Michael Gove tells Channel 4 News the prime minister has told him to “get a move on” with widening choice in education, as the government’s free school policy falls under scrutiny.
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Bring back cane in schools – parents
Almost half of parents questioned say caning should be brought back in schools according to a survey.
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FactCheck: Will Free Schools serve the deprived masses or the privileged few?
Nick Clegg claims half of the 24 Free Schools opening are in the 30 per cent worst off areas in England. Is he right – what are these schools and are they opening in deprived areas? FactCheck gets its red pen out.
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Clegg promises free schools ‘not for profit’
Free schools will never be run with the motive of making a profit, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg promises, as many of the new schools prepare to open their doors.
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Is the academy programme the answer for failing schools?
Are academies the magic bullet that will save Britain’s failing schools? FactCheck hit the books…
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Free Schools: revolution or retreat?
FactCheck reveals that just eight Free Schools in England have the final go-ahead to open in September 2011, with a further 16 awaiting funding approval. Will poorer students benefit as planned? FactCheck investigates the schools set to open.
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FactCheck: who benefits from the new schools admission code?
The claim “This Code will make it easier for some parents – like those setting up free schools – to get the school they want, but by weakening the system overall, it will make it harder for the majority of parents.”
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Schools get right to prioritise poorer pupils
Some schools will be able to prioritise children from poorer backgrounds in a shake-up of the admissions code. Access is a nationwide problem, as Channel 4 News’ Robert Windscheffel explains.
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Church schools for all?
I hope the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev John Pritchard, had a good Easter. The poor man has been kicked left, right and centre by commentators, newspaper editorials, colleagues and church goers this weekend over comments he made suggesting church schools should benefit the whole community rather than merely those who go to church.
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Church schools encouraged to admit more non-religious pupils
The chairman of the Church of England’s board of education says the number of places reserved for church-goers should be “minimised”, even if it is at the expense of the school’s exam results.
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Schools in England struggle to hit ‘moving target’
An updated league table system for England has left more than 200 schools failing to meet tough new standards branded “even more meaningless than usual”, as Darshna Soni discovers.
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UK snow: schools shut in hazardous weather
Thousands of school children are given a second ‘snow day’ off school as sub-zero temperatures and blizzards prompt treacherous travel conditions.
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Michael Gove’s schools spending mix-up
The Education Secretary says the Coalition is spending more than £16bn over the next four years on school building – just under twice what was spent in the first eight years of Labour. Is he right?