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Over 600,000 young people aged 15-16 all over England will be sitting their GCSE examinations, and a further 250,000 their A-Levels. On average each GCSE pupil takes 10 subjects and the older pupils three A-Levels. Of this vast volume of examinations some 2.3% of pupils will be taking Religious Studies (RS) or Religious Education at GCSE Level and 1.9% at A Level which translates (in England) to 150,000 and 15,000 pupils respectively. Even excluding the six% average of other faiths, this is still almost four times the number of 16 year olds going to church!
Education	Church of England Newspaper – 13th May 2005



Independent Christian schools produce happier and more socially aware children than state schools, according to a study by the University of Wales at Bangor. But they also produce pupils who believe in the creationist view of the world and that God punishes people who do wrong.
Education	The Times – 23rd May 2005



New figures from the Department for Education and Skills show stress and sickness in Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Cheshire is reaching crisis point. Parents groups say they are becoming increasingly worried about the impact of widespread absence on their children's studies.
Education	The Sentinel - 30th January 2005



'A California teacher is suing public school officials for barring him from using the Declaration of Independence and other historical documents in class because they contain references to God and Christianity.
Education	Evangelicals Now - February 2005



Frustration with public education seems to be growing among the nation's Southern Baptists, with supporters of Christian schools and home schooling arguing that if God is absent from the classroom, then their children should leave to.
Education	Evangelicals Now - February 2005



As part of a recent poll, Ofsted, England's education watchdog, identified a significant growth in the number of independent faith schools. There are now around 250 of them, with some 100 Muslim schools educating an estimated 14,000 pupils and more than 50 Jewish schools with 9,500 students. There are also more than 100 evangelical Christian schools.
Education	Christian Herald - 22nd January 2005



Ofsted recently conducted a poll of teachers and pupils aged 14 to 16, who are currently studying citizenship as part of the National Curriculum. Only one in four pupils could identify the correct balance of power in the House of Commons, yet 45% said they did not think it is important for them to know more about what the political parties stand for. Tony Blair was correctly identified as Prime Minister by 95% of the pupils, but only 16% recognized Michael Howard and 10% recognised Charles Kennedy.
Education	Christian Herald - 22nd January 2005



Youth work will become a degree-level profession in 2010, leading figures in the statutory sector have announced. The move is intended to place youth workers on an equal footing with teachers and social workers, and has been agreed by the Education and Training Standards Committee.
Education	Youthwork – February 2005



Around 200,000 sixth formers will get £100 this week for returning to school after Christmas. Under the education maintenance allowance scheme students get £30 a week to stay on at school. About 270,000 students get EMA's and 75% of these will get the bonus.
Education	The Sentinel – 24th January 2005



Britain is to invest £1.4 billion in the education of millions of girls in the developing world. The three-year strategy announced today by Chancellor Gordon Brown aims to make it as easy for girls to go to school as boys.
Education	The Sentinel – 26th January 2005



Church-based schools continue to excel in the Department for Education's league table of 17,800 primary schools. Of the 190 primaries where all the pupils reached Level 4 (the achievement expected of an 11-year old), 81 were Church of England schools and 33 were Roman Catholic.
Education	Evangelical Times – January 2005



While Religious Education is the fastest growing of all A-level subjects taken in 2004 the most popular papers were on Philosophy of Religion and Ethics, with the New Testament a poor third. Christian Belief was the least popular behind Eastern Religion, Western Religion, and Religion and Culture. Christian History only just topped Christian Belief.
Education	Protestant Truth – January/February 2005



Atheism and minority faiths such as Baha'I and Zoroastrianism should be taught alongside Christianity in schools, the first national guidelines on religious education say..The other five major religions - Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism - should all be studied by pupils by age 14, the guidelines say. But they should also study "other religious traditions" such as Baha'I, Jainism and Zoroastrianism and "secular philosophies such as humanism".
Education	The Independent – 29th October 2004



Children who start nursery school by the age of two are up to a year ahead in maths and English when they begin full-time schooling, a major research project, published yesterday shows..The only drawback to an early start was that youngsters sent to day nurseries before the age of two were more likely to show signs of antisocial behaviour towards their teacher - 7.1% of the cohort compared with 6.8% of those who stayed at home. However, they were more sociable with their classmates.
Education	The Independent – 26th November 2004



One in three children at hundreds of primary schools still cannot read properly by the age of 11 because of poor teaching it emerged yesterday. Seven years after the introduction of a compulsory reading hour in primary education, at least 35% of pupils in 2,235 schools fail to read properly by the time they leave.
Education	The Independent – 15th December 2004

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