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Why city schools are shrinking in post-pandemic Britain
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Catchment area School places School choices National offer day
  • Apr 19, 2022
Quarter of parents bend rules to win their child a school place
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School places Catchment area
  • Jan 12, 2022
A quarter of parents admit flouting the rules to get children into a good school
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School places Catchment area
  • Jan 12, 2022
Prioritise poor children instead of catchment areas, top state schools told
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Catchment area School admissions School places Disadvantaged pupils
  • Sep 14, 2021
Let’s move to . . . affordable towns with best schools
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Catchment area
  • May 27, 2021
Private schools must do more for low-income families
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Private schools Catchment area Attainment gap Scotland Disadvantaged pupils
  • Sep 30, 2020
Scottish school league tables 2020: Homes near top schools cost more
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Scotland League tables Catchment area
  • May 6, 2020
New Catholic school challenged over ‘bias’
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Catholic Catchment area Free schools
  • Jan 29, 2020
School catchment changes are agreed
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Catchment area Scotland
  • Dec 20, 2019
Parent Power: the price families pay to live near top schools
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Parents Catchment area
  • Nov 24, 2019
Fury as kids in East Dunbartonshire may be turned away from nearest school in catchment area
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Scotland Catchment area School places
  • Nov 15, 2019
Private school critics buying homes in catchment areas of good state schools 'smacks of hypocrisy'
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Catchment area Private schools State schools Outstanding schools
  • Sep 21, 2019
Buying homes near good schools ‘worse than going private’
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Schools Private schools Outstanding schools School admissions Catchment area
  • Sep 21, 2019
Parents to spend £180k more to live near one of England’s ‘outstanding’ secondary schools
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Secondary School performance Catchment area
  • Aug 28, 2019
Living near the country's best state schools can more than double the price of your home
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Catchment area School performance Secondary School choices
  • Apr 4, 2019
Scotland: Edinburgh politicians give cool reception to ‘random ballot’ plan for school catchment areas
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School admissions School places Scotland Catchment area Social segregation Disadvantaged pupils Social mobility
  • Mar 27, 2019
Scotland: Postcode premium of top schools revealed
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Scotland Catchment area School performance School choices League tables Rankings Attainment
  • Mar 21, 2019
Scandal as the better your postcode the better your child's education
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Catchment area School performance School places
  • Mar 1, 2019
Grammar school to prioritise poorer pupils from out of area over 11-plus high-scorers
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Grammar schools Disadvantaged pupils Catchment area School places Expansion Funding
  • Feb 13, 2019
Black pupils less likely to get into good schools
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School places Catchment area School admissions BAME
  • Sep 13, 2018
ASCL comment on Sutton Trust’s Parent Power report
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School places School admissions Catchment area
  • Sep 13, 2018
Secondary school choice in England
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Secondary schools School places School choices School admissions Catchment area School performance
  • Sep 13, 2018
Money matters
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School places School admissions Catchment area
  • Sep 13, 2018
Parents use ethically dubious tactics to get their child into school
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School admissions School places Catchment area
  • Sep 13, 2018
How middle-class parents are the most likely to cheat the system to get their children into a good school
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School admissions School places Catchment area
  • Sep 13, 2018
Parents using 'dubious tactics' to beat school admissions criteria
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School admissions School places Catchment area
  • Sep 13, 2018
Third of middle-class parents know someone who used ‘ethically dubious’ tactics to gain school place, report finds
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School places School admissions Catchment area
  • Sep 13, 2018
How rich bend the rules on school places
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School places School admissions Catchment area
  • Sep 13, 2018
The 6 key points from EPI’s ‘Secondary School Choice in England’ report
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EPI Secondary School choices School admissions School places School performance Catchment area
  • Sep 13, 2018
Wealthy Russians and Chinese buy up high-end London property so they can be near their children at private schools
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Catchment area
  • Sep 5, 2018
Parents pay huge premiums for homes near top schools
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State schools Catchment area School places
  • Aug 29, 2018
Parents are paying a hefty £70k extra for a house near a top state school
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State schools Catchment area
  • Aug 28, 2018
Play to win the school catchment lottery
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Catchment area
  • Jun 29, 2018
Suffolk council to vote on swingeing cuts to rural school transport
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Rural schools School transport Funding Pupil numbers Catchment area
  • Jun 15, 2018
The unintended consequences of school choice
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School choices Catchment area Oversubscribed
  • Mar 23, 2018
Councillors ditch proposed changes to school admissions
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Wales Catchment area Secondary School admissions School places
  • Mar 15, 2018
New catchment areas will force schools to boost diversity
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Catchment area Diversity School choices Integration
  • Mar 15, 2018
We faked our beliefs to get our daughter into a church school
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Church schools School admissions Catchment area Primary School places Secondary
  • Mar 5, 2018
Councils struggling to check academy admissions and 11 other key Schools Adjudicator findings
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Academies School admissions OSA Grammar schools Summer-born Catchment area Feeder schools Pupil premium Funding Church schools Catholic
  • Feb 8, 2018
Pupils offered mental health support for being sent to different school
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Scotland Mental health Student support Primary Catchment area
  • Jan 29, 2018
These are the most oversubscribed primary schools in Cardiff for 2017-18
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Wales Pupil numbers School places Primary schools Catchment area Oversubscribed
  • Nov 21, 2017
Sats 'grade inflation' has added thousands to house prices
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SATs Primary schools House prices Catchment area Re-marks
  • Nov 17, 2017
Hundreds of pupils have missed out on a place at a prestigious high school
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Wales Secondary schools School places Appeals Catchment area
  • Nov 14, 2017
Families flocking to Scotland’s sought after school catchment areas
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Scotland Catchment area Admissions
  • Nov 7, 2017
Parents paying £121k more to get into ‘right’ school catchment
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Scotland Catchment area School performance State schools
  • Sep 20, 2017
Homes near Britain's top schools cost £415,000 on average - that's 11 times the typical UK wage
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Mirror Catchment area State schools School performance
  • Sep 20, 2017
Parents facing £129,000 premium for houses near best state schools, study finds
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Independent State schools Catchment area
  • Sep 20, 2017
Scotland: Top schools add 22% to house prices
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Times Catchment area Scotland State schools
  • Sep 20, 2017
Scotland: Parents pay 'ridiculous' house prices to be near top schools
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Express State schools Catchment area Scotland School performance
  • Sep 20, 2017
Parents pay £129k premium to live near 'top' state school
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TES State schools Catchment area School performance School admissions
  • Sep 20, 2017
Cardiff school catchment change leaves pupils with '£585 bus bill'
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Wales Online Wales Catchment area School transport Finances Secondary schools
  • Aug 29, 2017
Quarter of parents move house to be in right school catchment area
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TES Catchment area School admissions School places School choices
  • Aug 23, 2017
Scotland: MSP demands Holyrood inquiry into narrow subject choice at schools
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Times Scotland Subject choices Narrow curriculum Catchment area Disadvantaged pupils
  • Aug 15, 2017
Education and childcare must not be pushed down the political agenda to 'any other business'
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Voice Childcare Politics Early years Funding Class sizes Catchment area Student recruitment Student retention Workforce strategy Teaching assistants Teachers Teacher workload Accountability Baseline assessment Primary assessment Curriculum
  • Jun 13, 2017
‘Doughnut’ catchment areas could be new Tory plan
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Schools Week Politics School admissions Student recruitment Catchment area Disadvantaged pupils
  • May 29, 2017
Research round-up 12 April 2017
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NAHT Research A-levels GCSEs Grading Ebacc Arts Teachers Catchment area Ofsted ratings
  • Apr 18, 2017
The real cost of a good education: Parents 'face £52,000 premium' to live near an outstanding school
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Mirror Catchment area Ofsted ratings London School improvement Primary schools School admissions
  • Apr 5, 2017
Parents face £52,000 premium to live near an ‘outstanding’ primary school
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Mail Primary schools Catchment area Ofsted ratings Admissions Grammar schools Attainment Disadvantaged pupils Attainment gap
  • Apr 5, 2017
Parents pay £52k premium to live near 'outstanding' primary, study shows
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TES Catchment area Primary schools Secondary schools Ofsted ratings Social mobility School admissions
  • Apr 5, 2017
Parents pay £52,000 more to live in areas with outstanding schools, new survey reveals
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Telegraph Catchment area State schools Ofsted ratings Primary schools Secondary schools
  • Apr 5, 2017
Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in March 2017
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Pearson Policy SATS PSHE SEND Funding Budget Behaviour Exams GCSEs Grading Ebacc UCAS Applied general qualifications Short inspections Unions Merger NUT ATL NEU Training Apprenticeships Apprenticeship training providers RoATP National Apprenticeship Week Resits English Maths Functional Skills SFA EFA ESFA T-levels Lifelong learning Student loans Digital skills HEFCE HE FE Colleges Universities Primary schools Secondary schools Industrial strategy Disadvantaged pupils Digital strategy NCS Apprenticeship reforms National funding formula NFF Catchment area Work experience IfS Brexit PAC Finances
  • Mar 31, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 24 March 2017
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Pearson Policy Eye Funding Schools white paper National funding formula DfE IfS Education reforms Exams Assessments Teacher training GCSEs A-levels Grammar schools Behaviour Discipline Industrial strategy Digital literacy Mental health EPI Childcare Work experience Science HEFCE Online learning Leaders Employers Training providers EEF Post-16 NGA Catchment area Homework OECD NUT ATL NEU Unions FE HE Universities Primary schools Secondary schools Early years Nursery
  • Mar 24, 2017
Best schools add £18,600 to average house price
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BBC School choices Primary schools Secondary schools School places Catchment area
  • Mar 20, 2017
Winning the schools and youth lottery
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Guardian School admissions Catchment area National Citizen Service NCS
  • Mar 15, 2017
School admissions: is a lottery a fairer system?
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Guardian School admissions Secondary schools National offer day School places School choices Selective schools Disadvantaged pupils Social selection Catchment area Primary schools
  • Mar 14, 2017
Parents in catchment for Cardiff's best high school have failed to change admission rules
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Wales Online Wales Secondary schools Parents Catchment area School admissions
  • Mar 10, 2017
Set up your own grammar school: £500million plan for 100 free schools will hand new powers to parents
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Mail Grammar schools Funding Parents Budget Finances Politics Free schools Selective schools Secondary schools Disadvantaged pupils Social mobility Catchment area
  • Mar 7, 2017
Budget 2017: Could Philip Hammond be about to give massive boost to grammar schools?
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Express Budget Funding Finances Politics Grammar schools Free schools Academic selection School places Disadvantaged pupils Catchment area
  • Mar 7, 2017
Budget to include plans for new wave of grammar schools
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PoliticsHome Budget Funding Finances Grammar schools Free schools Academic selection Transport Disadvantaged pupils School buildings School places Catchment area
  • Mar 6, 2017
Comps aren’t helping social mobility. So why not bring back selection? | Mary Dejevsky
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Guardian Social mobility Catchment area Disadvantaged pupils Secondary schools Comprehensives National pupil database Sutton Trust
  • Mar 1, 2017
85% of top comprehensives with best GCSEs are socially selective, but schools where pupils make most progress are much less so
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Sutton Trust Comprehensives Social selection State schools Disadvantaged pupils Catchment area Progress 8 Faith schools
  • Mar 1, 2017
Admitting the problem
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Sutton Trust Secondary schools School choices School places Social selection Disadvantaged pupils School admissions Progress 8 Attainment Catchment area
  • Mar 1, 2017
Top state schools 'dominated by richest families'
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BBC State schools Social mobility Secondary schools Disadvantaged pupils School choices Teach First Grammar schools Sutton Trust National pupil database Catchment area
  • Mar 1, 2017
Number of pupils failing to get first choice of school expected to rise
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Guardian Secondary schools School choices Disadvantaged pupils Social mobility Sutton Trust Catchment area
  • Mar 1, 2017
Top state schools are 'preserve of the rich', social mobility charity warns
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Independent Secondary schools State schools Social mobility Disadvantaged pupils Catchment area School choices Sutton Trust Faith schools
  • Mar 1, 2017
Four in five top-performing comprehensive schools are 'socially selective'
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TES Social selection Comprehensives School admissions Secondary schools Social mobility Sutton Trust Disadvantaged pupils Catchment area Attainment NFER School choices
  • Mar 1, 2017
Schools urged to allocate places using admission lotteries
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Schools Week School places State schools Sutton Trust Disadvantaged pupils GCSEs Social selection Catchment area
  • Mar 1, 2017
Poor children priced out of top state secondary schools as parents can’t afford houses
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Express Disadvantaged pupils State schools Secondary schools Catchment area Comprehensives Sutton Trust Social selection
  • Mar 1, 2017
National offer day: 90,000 children set to miss out on first choice school, experts say
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Telegraph Secondary schools School choices Sutton Trust Catchment area Social mobility Teach First
  • Mar 1, 2017
We asked education experts if Wales' school colour codes are working
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Wales Online Wales Colour-coded school tables Primary schools Secondary schools School improvement Catchment area
  • Feb 2, 2017
We are moving into a new catchment area - will our daughter miss out on our preferred primary school?
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Telegraph Primary Catchment area
  • Jan 11, 2017
Hundreds join fight against controversial school catchment plans
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Wales Online Wales Catchment area Secondary
  • Nov 24, 2016
Hundreds sign petition over school catchment row
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Wales Online Wales Catchment area
  • Nov 24, 2016
Parents pay extra £80k to live near top schools
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Scotsman Scotland Catchment area
  • Oct 29, 2016
Parents paying £80,000 above average house price to live in top school catchment areas
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Secondary Scotland Herald Scotland Catchment area
  • Oct 28, 2016

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