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England's 10 year olds have shown a dramatic improvement in maths tests over the past decade. A worldwide study yesterday revealed they had shown the biggest improvement of any country since 1994..In the 15 countries which have participated in all three tests, England's score in mathematics has improved the most, by 47 points, to place it 10th in the world in an international league table.
Education	The Independent – 15th December 2004



The Government gave the first clear indication yesterday that it does not expect to reach targets set for the national curriculum tests for 11-year olds. Ministers had pledged to get 85% of all pupils to reach the required standard in maths and English by 2006. Stephen Twigg, the minister with responsibility for primary schooling, told the Commons Education Select Committee that it was an "ambitious" target.
Education	The Independent – 9th December 2004



Universities should hold back up to 35,000 places a year until A-level results come out in an attempt to attract more working class students, the director of the government backed Office for Fair Access to Higher Education said yesterday. Sir Martin Harris signalled his backing for plans for all universities to withhold "between 5 and 10%" of the 350,000 annual entry until August, when pupils learn their results.
Education	The Independent – 9th November 2004



Children will be able to quit school for good at 14 and learn a trade under a planned government shake-up of the education system. Instead of school, they will be able to study at college full time - and take up a trade such as plumbing or engineering under a "young apprenticeship" scheme for 14-16 year olds.
Education	The Independent – 13th December 2004



The Church of England could take over a high school in Staffordshire to help tackle an acute shortage of places for families wanting a faith-based secondary education.There are almost 100 Church of England primary schools dotted across Staffordshire. Yet most parents, except those who are Catholic, are shut off from a faith school once their children reach age 11.
Education	Sentinel Sunday – 21st November 2004



Mixed schools should teach boys and girls separately for some of the day, David Miliband the School Standards minister, said yesterday. Mr Miliband described as "startling" the findings of a four-year study by Cambridge University, which found a marked improvement in results at a mixed school that switched to teaching boys and girls in separate classes...Boys at the school in the study, which was not named, did better in languages and girls improved in maths and sciences when taught separately, the minister said. Overall achievement among boys rose from 68% gaining five good GCSE passes in 1997 to 81% this summer. Girls performance rose from 68% in 1997 to 82% in 2004.
Education	The Independent – 17th November 2004



English learning is set to rocket with half the world's population speaking the language by 2015, new research revealed today. Two billion people will start learning English within the next 10 years and three billion will speak it, a study for the British Council estimated.
Education	The Sentinel – 9th December 2004



Hundreds of children could miss out on school trips after teachers have been advised to boycott outings because of the spiralling compensation culture. NASWUT, the second largest teachers union, said teachers were increasingly being blamed and threatened with legal action over accidents. In the UK over the past five years 20 children and two adults have lost their lives on school trips.
Education	The Sentinel Sunday - 7th Novemeber 2004



Every school in England will be twinned with one abroad in the next 5 years.
Education	The Sentinel - 15th Novemeber 2004



The number of students from the poorest backgrounds entering Britains top universities has increased by nearly 50% since Labour came to power, according to a new analysis of institutions admissions records. The poorest students now make up 8% of the intake to those universities compared to 6% in 1997.
Education	The Independent - 11th November 2004



Unfit soldiers with a reading age of 11 are being used as frontline troops because of a shortage of manpower.70% of the 2003 intake at the Army's Catterick training camp had a reading age of 11. There were also problems with heavy drinking among some recruits, according to a report on the training of the armed forces.
Education	The Independent - 11th November 2004



Poor literacy and the lack of basic skills caused by unrecognised dyslexia costs the UK economy £1 billion a year, campaigners said today. The Dyslexia Institute estimated that the economy lost a "staggering" £2.75 million a day because dyslexics were not being given the help they needed to fulfil their potential.Some studies have estimated that as much as 50% of the prison population may be dyslexic.And around 20% of the long-term unemployed are thought not to have received the educational support they needed to succeed.
Education	Sentinel Sunday – 10 October 2004



The law says that education is compulsory until the age of 16 but government figures show that a staggering 10,000 14-year olds absent themselves around this time of year - and never return.
Education	The Independent on Sunday – 10 October 2004



The Government has missed its main targets for GCSE results this summer, according to figures from the Department for Education and Skills. The figures, published yesterday, show that the proportion of students getting at least 5 A* to C grades in GCSE exams, or their vocational equivalent, rose by 0.5% to 53.4% this year. The target demands that the pass rate rises by 2% each year. Another target required 92% of 16 year olds to pass at least five GCSEs this year in subjects including English and Maths. But the proportion fell from 86.6% last year to 86.4% this year. Another target, to have 38% of all pupils achieve at least five A* to C grades at GCSE level was also missed, although there was slight improvement on last year. The figures also show that 35,000 teenagers, or 5.4%, left school with no GCSE or GNVQ passes this year, up from 32,350 the previous year.
Education	The Independent – 22 October 2004



Girls are 9 times more likely to play the flute than boys with gender stereotyping going unchallenged in music lessons, the education watchdog Ofsted said yesterday. Female students are three times as likely to learn the violin or clarinet than male classmates, a study of music lessons provided by local education authorities concluded. Meanwhile twice as many boys as girls learned to play the trumpet, percussion or guitar.
Education	The Independent – 22 October 2004

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