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The equivalent of over 3 million more school days were lost this year due to truancy compared to 1997, according to Liberal Democrat analysis figures. An estimated 63,000 pupils truanted every day, equating to 1% of all school sessions missed without a valid reason. And more than 19,000 parenting contracts were agreed to improve attendance, ministers said.
Education	Youth Work Magazine - April 2008



Poorer parents are less likely to be able to exercise choice over their children’s schooling, it was claimed today. Official figures obtained by the Conservatives under the Freedom of Information Act showed approximately 100,000 parents missed out on their first choice of secondary school. Nearly one in five parents had to settle for a back-up option, according to data from more than 80 per cent of local authorities.
Education	The Sentinel - February 26th 08



Many teachers are being bullied and harassed by pupils, but school heads are concealing the problem, says the The National Association of Head Teachers. A survey by the NASUWT teacher’s union found about half of the 5,000 teachers polled had been taunted, abused or attacked by their pupils. But the NAHT union said its members feared reporting ill-treatment would reflect badly on their school. The NAHT’s general secretary, Mick Brookes said “I think we’re quite right in asserting the under reporting of these sort of incidents because it’s not the sort of thing that schools and even teachers, will want to be shouting from the rooftops.
Education	The Sentinel - February 28th 08



The number of immigrant children entering England’s secondary schools who are unable to speak English has jumped 50 per cent in two years, figures suggested today. Nearly 2,000 non-English speaking 15-year-olds had their GCSE results removed from official league tables at their teachers’ request, the Government said.
Education	The Sentinel - January 9th 2008.



Thousands of teenagers were punished for cheating in their GCSE Exams last year. A government watchdog said 4,258 candidates were caught, with a quarter punished for taking mobile phones or other gadgets into their exams. At the same time, the number of teenagers given extra marks for being ill on the day of their exams rose sharply, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) said.
Education	The Sentinel - 12th February 2008



Teenagers will be given compulsory cooking lessons at school for the first time, under government plans to ensure all pupils know how to make a healthy meal. From September every 11-14 year old in the 85 per cent of schools currently offering food technology classes will be taught practical cookery.
Education	The Sentinel – 22nd January 2008



The sudden influx of immigrant children is pushing some schools to breaking point, headteachers warn Parliament. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) stress that migrant pupils should be welcomed into schools. But the union is concerned that headteachers do not have the resources to cope. The NAHT will set out its views alongside nurses doctors and academics to an inquiry by the House of Lords economic affairs committee. NAHT general secretary Mick Brookes said: “There is a feeling among some of our members that this is out of control and unpredictable."
Education	The Sentinel - November 2007



Students in England are among the least hard-working in Europe, putting the reputation of the country’s universities at risk. The Higher Education Policy Institute, which conducted the study, said studies courses averaged only about 20 hours of work each week, although medics did 35 hours.
Education	The Sentinel - September 25th, 2007



Students will no longer be awarded traditional university degrees, under plans published today. Instead, universities will issue graduates with a detailed transcript, breaking down marks for each unit. The new Higher Education Achievement Report could show overall percentage scores and is intended to become the main method for grading all UK students by 2010.
Education	The Sentinel - October 16th, 2007



Regulations coming into force in England this week require parents to keep pupils under supervision for the first five days of an exclusion. Following this “home detention” local authorities will have to provide pupils with lessons from the sixth day of an exclusion from their own school. Last year there were an average of 1,700 pupils excluded each school day. Schools Secretary, Ed Balls has written to head teachers emphasising the importance of improving behaviour. Parents will face fines if they do not supervise children who have been excluded.
Education	The Sentinel - 4th September 2007



Teenagers who have achieved five good GCSEs can expect to earn an extra £2,260 per year when they start work, according to research which has been published. But one in five employers would not recruit an applicant who lacks five GCSEs with a grade of C or better, the Learning and Skills Council said.
Education	The Sentinel - August 24th 2007



A record one in four A-level exams resulted in an A grade this year, as the pass rate rose for the 25th year in a row. For the first time ever more than a quarter of exams were given A grades. Stephen Williams, Liberal Democrat education spokesman, responded to the record results with a renewed call for a review of A-level standards, amid fears of dumbing down. But Jim Knight, the schools minister, said it was ‘a real shame’ that once again critics were undermining the hard work of students. A review of A-level standards was carried out three years ago.
Education	Salvationist - 25th August 2007



Pupils from poor families who struggle in class should be forced to go to school at weekends and during holidays as part of a drive to raise standards, a report said today. A voucher style “pupil premium” should be introduced giving extra government funding to educating children from the poorest homes, the study by the Centre Forum think-tank proposed.
Education	The Sentinel - July 17 2007



Poor white boys are not only the majority of persistent low achievers in schools, but do worse than children of similar income levels from other ethnic groups, according to a new Joseph Rowntree Foundation study. If white children do less well at primary school, they are more likely than any other ethnic group to remain low achievers throughout their education. In 2006 nearly 5% of all pupils in state schools (28,000) received no GCSE passes and almost 25% (146,000) scored no passes above the ‘D’grade. Findings show that the chief characteristic of low achievers is that they come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Education	Youthwork - August 2007



White working-class boys are the biggest under-achievers at school. Only 17 per cent get 5 or more GCSE’s at grades A to C, compared with a national average of 56 per cent. The figure for black Caribbean boys is 19 per cent. The report proposes ‘pioneer schools’ in areas where existing schools are failing.
Education	Salvationist (The Daily Express) - 21 July 2007

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