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Proportion of state-funded schools over capacity falls
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Oversubscribed Pupil numbers State schools
  • Mar 28, 2019
Use ballots to allocate places at Scotland's top state schools, says major report
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Scotland School places School admissions State schools Disadvantaged pupils Social mobility
  • Mar 26, 2019
Balancing out Britain’s state schools
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State schools School admissions School places Disadvantaged pupils
  • Mar 26, 2019
Most of Scotland's best state schools 'in the 20 per cent wealthiest areas'
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Scotland State schools School admissions Disadvantaged pupils Social mobility
  • Mar 26, 2019
Poorer pupils less likely to get place at top Scots state schools
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Scotland State schools Disadvantaged pupils School admissions School places
  • Mar 26, 2019
Edinburgh's top performing state secondary school revealed
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Scotland School performance League tables Secondary State schools
  • Mar 20, 2019
The top 50 state schools in Scotland 2019
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Scotland State schools School performance League tables
  • Mar 20, 2019
Future of last girls-only state school hangs in the balance
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Girls' schools State schools Single-sex schools Scotland
  • Mar 18, 2019
Independent education only marginally boosts income, study suggests
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Pupil outcomes Private schools State schools
  • Mar 11, 2019
Long-term outcomes: How do independent school pupils’ outcomes differ from those of state school pupils?
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Outcomes Independent schools State schools Pupil performance
  • Mar 11, 2019
Music lessons 'being stripped' out of schools in England
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Music tuition Curriculum Narrow curriculum State schools
  • Mar 8, 2019
Consultation agreed on letting boys into Scotland's last state-run girls' school
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Scotland Single-sex schools State schools
  • Mar 7, 2019
Ex-education secretary Michael Gove wants to abolish private schools by making state ones better
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Michael Gove Private schools State schools School improvement
  • Mar 1, 2019
Will boys be let into Scotland's last remaining single-sex state school?
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Scotland Single-sex schools State schools
  • Mar 1, 2019
Head teacher shortens school week to boost happiness
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School hours State schools
  • Feb 27, 2019
London state school to introduce four-and-a-half day week to make teachers happier
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State schools School hours Timetable
  • Feb 26, 2019
State school pupils can race ahead | Letters
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State schools Inequality Elitism
  • Feb 8, 2019
Leading UK universities going backwards on state school access
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University access State schools Disadvantaged students
  • Feb 8, 2019
Poor pupils still denied chance to get a degree
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Disadvantaged University access Student recruitment Participation State schools
  • Feb 8, 2019
Grenfell's Kensington Aldridge Academy school is honoured for 'outstanding achievement' at Evening Standard School Awards
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Awards State schools
  • Feb 7, 2019
Number of state school pupils attending university drops despite efforts to widen access
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State schools University access University admissions Student numbers Widening access Participation
  • Feb 7, 2019
Russell Group university outreach programmes flounder as half admit fewer state school students than previous year
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Outreach State schools Social mobility University admissions Disadvantaged students
  • Feb 7, 2019
Rising trend of state school pupils going to university reverses
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State schools Disadvantaged pupils Overseas study
  • Feb 7, 2019
47 state school students offered places at top US unis
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State schools USA University admissions University places
  • Feb 1, 2019
More than one in 10 secondary schools under-performing
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School performance Performance tables Secondary State schools
  • Jan 25, 2019
State education is a Cinderella service and both the Tories and Labour are to blame | Fiona Millar
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National Education Service State schools
  • Jan 22, 2019
The state school with a ‘secret formula’ for getting 41 pupils into Oxbridge
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State schools University access Oxbridge University admissions
  • Jan 17, 2019
State school in one of London's poorest boroughs secures 41 offers to study at Oxford and Cambridge universities
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State schools Oxbridge University access University admissions
  • Jan 17, 2019
London state school secures 41 Oxbridge offers
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University access University places Oxbridge State schools
  • Jan 17, 2019
State school in one of London's poorest areas sees 41 pupils offered places at Oxford and Cambridge
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University places University admissions Disadvantaged Oxbridge State schools University access
  • Jan 16, 2019
Teacher pensions to cost state schools £830m extra a year
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Pensions State schools Contributions
  • Jan 15, 2019
Is difference between private and state schools £3,200 per pupil?
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School fees State schools Private schools
  • Jan 8, 2019
Exam appeals ‘tilted in favour of private schools’
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Exam results Remarking Moderation Private schools State schools
  • Dec 19, 2018
Why are high-flying state school pupils less likely to apply to Oxford or Cambridge than their private school peers?
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Private schools Independent schools State schools Oxbridge University admissions University applications
  • Dec 18, 2018
State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information
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State schools Inspections
  • Dec 13, 2018
You must partner state sector to survive,' private schools told
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Private schools Independent schools State schools
  • Nov 30, 2018
State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2018
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State schools Ofsted inspections
  • Nov 29, 2018
State-funded schools statistics
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State schools Ofsted inspections
  • Nov 29, 2018
Top state schools close gap on private rivals
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Private schools State schools GCSEs
  • Nov 25, 2018
State schools raise their GCSE game
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State schools GCSEs
  • Nov 25, 2018
Scotland’s top performing state secondary schools
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Scotland State schools Secondary schools Rankings
  • Nov 25, 2018
More than 1,000 state schools have no applicants to elite schemes
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State schools Graduate schemes Elitism Disadvantaged students
  • Nov 23, 2018
Top 20 English state primary schools revealed
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Primary State schools SATs Exam results Rankings
  • Nov 23, 2018
Over half of independent schools already share their facilities, now they have to share their staff too?
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Independent schools State schools Funding Teachers Charitable status
  • Nov 21, 2018
Private schools are now ‘often more diverse than top state schools', top headteachers claim
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Private schools Diversity Bursaries Disadvantaged pupils State schools
  • Nov 20, 2018
UK's private/state school wealth gap may be 'biggest in the world'
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Private schools State schools Independent schools UCL Attainment gaps Resources
  • Nov 15, 2018
Schools 'incentivised' to permanently exclude children, DfE finds
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Pupil exclusions DfE Incentives Alternative provision State schools School system
  • Oct 17, 2018
A-level results by school type
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A-levels Exam results State schools Free schools APS Academies Independent schools
  • Oct 16, 2018
An analysis of recruitment, retention and training within the state-sector teacher workforce
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Teacher recruitment Teacher retention Teacher training Teacher workforce State schools
  • Oct 10, 2018
Claims on school funding face investigation
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Funding DfE Statistical data Education spending Private schools State schools School fees Tuition fees
  • Oct 4, 2018
Private school fees in minister's funding claims
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Private schools School fees State schools DfE Education spending Funding
  • Oct 3, 2018
Working together, state and private schools can save education
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State schools Private schools Independent schools
  • Sep 30, 2018
Research highlights need to train teachers in ICT
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ICT Teachers State schools
  • Sep 25, 2018
State school students underrepresented in top UK graduate schemes, report finds
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State schools Graduate schemes Institute of Student Employers ISE Private schools Diversity Russell Group Graduate outcomes
  • Sep 24, 2018
Top graduate jobs soar yet state-schooled graduates are vastly underrepresented
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Graduates Graduate outcomes State schools Institute of Student Employers ISE
  • Sep 24, 2018
Survey: state school teachers say much of their work is meaningless
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Teachers State schools Teacher shortages Survey Working conditions Retention Independent schools
  • Sep 13, 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
Is abolishing the private school system the answer to inequality? | Letters
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Private schools Inequality State schools
  • Aug 28, 2018
Melissa Benn: The only way to end the class divide: the case for abolishing private schools
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Private schools Inequality State schools Disadvantaged pupils Social mobility
  • Aug 24, 2018
The only way to end the class divide: the case for abolishing private schools
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Private schools Inequality State schools Social integration
  • Aug 24, 2018
Headteachers blame funding cuts as schools expel 40 pupils each day
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Exclusion DfE State schools
  • Jul 19, 2018
Sharp rise in pupil exclusions from English state schools
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Pupil exclusions DfE State schools
  • Jul 19, 2018
72 British state school students win places at top US universities in the Sutton Trust US Programme’s most successful year to date
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State schools University places USA
  • Jul 9, 2018
Sheku Kanneh-Mason is a state school success story. He may never have a successor
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State schools Music
  • Jul 3, 2018
‘A market-led school system has put finances before the needs of pupils’
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Budgets Funding Academies State schools Ofsted ratings
  • Jun 30, 2018
Number of teachers in state schools continues to decline
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Teacher shortages State schools Funding
  • Jun 28, 2018
Minister to urge grammars to take over the running of failing state schools in a new drive to boost standards
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Grammar schools State schools Standards School improvement
  • Jun 13, 2018
State-educated judges replace the old school
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State schools Private schools
  • Jun 11, 2018
Toxic air filters bought by rich private schools as state schools turn to parents to stump up cash
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Pollution State schools Private schools Parents
  • Jun 9, 2018
Most lawyers recommended to be judges went to state schools, data shows
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Law State schools Social mobility Ethnic groups Diversity Equality
  • Jun 8, 2018
Academisation of state education has reduced freedom and autonomy for schools
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Academisation Funding State schools
  • Jun 6, 2018
What’s the difference between grammar, private and state education and what is Theresa May’s free school expansion?
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Grammar schools Private schools State schools Expansion School places Secondary Primary
  • Jun 5, 2018
What’s the difference between grammar, private and state education and what is Theresa May’s free school expansion?
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Grammar schools Private schools State schools Free schools Expansion School places
  • May 29, 2018
Parents raise cash for school air purifiers
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Fundraising Pollution State schools
  • May 29, 2018
Daily roundup 23 May: Sugar reduction, grammar schools, and peer support
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Grammar schools Health Wellness Obesity State schools Social mobility
  • May 23, 2018
Tories' £50million grammar schools handout 'is unlikely to bring benefits' says damning study
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Grammar schools Funding Education outcomes Attainment State schools
  • May 23, 2018
Oxford’s Wadham College: Diversity drives standards up, not down
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Oxford University admissions Widening access State schools Students Diversity
  • May 23, 2018
More than 60% of students offered places at Oxford are from state schools for the first time in the university’s history
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Oxford University places State schools Social mobility
  • May 22, 2018
Councils attack ministers over need to ‘raid state school funding to support special needs children’
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Funding Special needs State schools
  • May 14, 2018
NASUWT comments on Government announcement following 'schools that work for everyone' consultation
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State schools Independent schools Collaboration Disadvantaged pupils
  • May 11, 2018
Government announcement following 'Schools that work for everyone' consultation
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Independent schools State schools Partnerships Disadvantaged pupils
  • May 11, 2018
Schools that work for everyone
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Independent schools State schools Funding Disadvantaged pupils Partnerships
  • May 11, 2018
Streaming in primary and secondary schools ‘enshrines disadvantage’
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Primary Secondary Ability streaming State schools
  • May 8, 2018
Oxbridge in race to enrol state pupils
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Oxbridge State schools
  • May 6, 2018
'Greening's comments about Eton show how misunderstood our independent schools are'
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Justine Greening Eton Private schools State schools
  • May 4, 2018
‘Choice’ is code for inequality – and it has polluted our education system | Frances Ryan
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Inequality State schools Private schools Disadvantaged pupils Social mobility Pupil outcomes
  • May 3, 2018
'Spoon-fed' state pupils are unable to cope at uni, claims ex-private school head
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State schools
  • May 2, 2018
Former boarding school pupils are dominating the top jobs
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Boarding schools Employment Eton Private schools State schools Discrimination
  • May 1, 2018
Justine Greening: Employers should discriminate against Etonians
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Employers State schools Private schools Eton Justine Greening Employment Discrimination
  • May 1, 2018
This isn’t class war. It’s right to treat CVs from old Etonians differently | Gaby Hinsliff
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Employment Private schools Eton State schools Discrimination
  • May 1, 2018
Employers should offer jobs to alumni of underperforming state schools over public school graduates, suggests Justine Greening
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Employment State schools Eton Justine Greening Private schools
  • May 1, 2018
Ex-Education Secretary Justine Greening says kids from sink schools should get jobs before Etonians
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Justine Greening Eton Employment Discrimination State schools
  • May 1, 2018
Discriminate against job applicants from Eton, says former education secretary Justine Greening
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Eton Employment Justine Greening State schools
  • May 1, 2018
Employers urged to discriminate against job candidates from Eton in favour of state school applicants
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Employment Eton State schools Discrimination
  • Apr 30, 2018
Make the royal baby a true people’s prince – send him to a comprehensive | Robert Verkaik
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Comprehensives State schools
  • Apr 27, 2018
Leader comment: The scandal of state school fees
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School fees State schools
  • Apr 19, 2018
Claim ‘school isn’t free’ as pupils miss out on subjects due to costs
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School fees State schools Curriculum Narrow curriculum
  • Apr 19, 2018
Families being ‘routinely charged’ for basic classroom resources
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School fees Resources State schools Narrow curriculum
  • Apr 19, 2018
Call to reverse near-extinction of classics in Scottish schools
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Classics State schools Curriculum
  • Mar 29, 2018
Campaign to make state school pupils Latin lovers
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Latin State schools Curriculum Classical education
  • Mar 29, 2018
Grammar schools don’t add any value. So let’s ditch them | Ryan Shorthouse
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Grammar schools Social mobility State schools Academic achievement Attainment Equality
  • Mar 28, 2018
Was there ever a golden age for the grammar school?
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Grammar schools Attainment State schools Social mobility Academic achievement Equality
  • Mar 28, 2018
Inspectors give top marks to two Scottish state schools
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Inspectors Education Scotland Inspections State schools
  • Mar 28, 2018
National scandal of grammar schools is revealed at last
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Grammar schools Disadvantaged pupils Academic achievement Attainment State schools
  • Mar 27, 2018
Grammar school students’ success ‘down to privilege,’ new reports finds
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Grammar schools Academic achievement Disadvantaged pupils Social mobility Social inequality State schools Attainment
  • Mar 27, 2018
Research: Grammar schools do not do better and should be scrapped
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Grammar schools Performance Attainment State schools Social mobility Disadvantaged pupils
  • Mar 27, 2018
The state secondary school where the only language taught is Mandarin
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Secondary State schools Language Mandarin Scotland
  • Mar 22, 2018
Revealed: The top 50 state schools in Scotland for 2017
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Scotland State schools School performance League tables
  • Mar 16, 2018
Families defend girl school’s status
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Single-sex schools Scotland State schools Girls' schools
  • Feb 21, 2018
Parents want girls' school to admit boys
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Scotland Single-sex schools State schools School admissions School places
  • Feb 20, 2018
Scotland: Pressure for last single-sex state school to admit boys
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Scotland School places Single-sex schools State schools School admissions
  • Feb 20, 2018
State schools often better managed than private schools
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State schools Private schools Management School sponsorship
  • Feb 5, 2018
Oxford students reject champion for state pupils
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Oxford University State schools
  • Feb 4, 2018
HESA widening participation 16/17 – visualised
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Widening participation Access HESA Student numbers Performance State schools Disadvantaged students Social mobility
  • Feb 2, 2018
Two in five universities have seen a drop in the proportion of students from state schools
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Disadvantaged students University admissions State schools Student numbers Widening participation
  • Feb 2, 2018
Number of state pupils attending university rises only marginally, figures show
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State schools Student numbers University admissions Sutton Trust Social mobility Disadvantaged
  • Feb 1, 2018
MillionPlus comment on the HESA widening participation performance indicators
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Widening participation State schools University admissions Disadvantaged
  • Feb 1, 2018
Attempts to widen UK university student participation have stalled
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Widening participation State schools Disadvantaged students Student recruitment University access
  • Feb 1, 2018
Two out of five universities see drop in students from state schools
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University admissions Disadvantaged pupils State schools Student numbers
  • Feb 1, 2018
Are private schools better managed than state schools?
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Private schools State schools Management Standards School sponsorship
  • Feb 1, 2018
Cambridge and Oxford among worst universities for state school intake
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Cambridge University Oxford University University admissions State schools Student numbers Disadvantaged students
  • Feb 1, 2018
Education Secretary welcomes record proportion of university entrants from state schools
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State schools Student numbers University admissions Disadvantaged students Widening participation
  • Feb 1, 2018
State schools have the edge on efficiency
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State schools Management Independent schools
  • Feb 1, 2018
Secondary school league tables: GCSE and A-level results tables for London state and independent schools
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Secondary schools League tables London State schools Independent schools GCSEs A-levels
  • Jan 27, 2018
Scotland: Exam remarking fees ‘put private pupils at advantage’
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Exams Re-marks Private schools State schools Exam results Remarking
  • Dec 6, 2017
Exam appeals system 'loaded in favour of pupils in private schools', says Labour
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Exams Appeals Private schools Scotland State schools Exam results
  • Dec 5, 2017
A decade of success as Glasgow state schools ditch the poverty excuse
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Scotland State schools Poverty Attainment Exam results Secondary schools
  • Nov 27, 2017
Survey names Scotland’s top-performing state secondary school
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School performance Scotland Secondary schools State schools Surveys
  • Nov 24, 2017
Ofsted should 'oblige' state schools to work with independent schools, urges head
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Ofsted State schools Independent schools Headteachers DfE
  • Nov 20, 2017
London primary becomes first state school to top rankings
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Primary schools State schools League tables Reading Spelling Maths
  • Nov 20, 2017
School in Theresa May’s constituency begs parents to help pay for pens and books
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Funding Primary schools National funding formula NFF Parents Donations State schools Finances
  • Nov 16, 2017
‘Cash-strapped’ school asks parents to pay £1-a-day for pens and pencils
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Funding National funding formula NFF Parents Finances Donations State schools
  • Nov 16, 2017
The Oxford University college fighting elitism
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Oxford University Elitism State schools University admissions Privilege Diversity Equality
  • Nov 16, 2017
Schools in Theresa May's constituency are begging parents to pay for pens and glue to combat Tory cuts
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Funding National funding formula NFF Finances Parents Donations State schools
  • Nov 15, 2017
Celebrating Partnerships: Secretary of State shows support for cross-sector working
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ISC Partnerships Independent schools State schools
  • Oct 13, 2017
'Schools should be exempt from £163m business rates bill'
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TES Business rates Funding Private schools Scotland State schools Independent schools Nurseries Unions SSTA
  • Oct 13, 2017
Academic gap between independent and state primaries narrows as fees rise
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TES Attainment gap Primary schools Independent schools State schools
  • Oct 9, 2017
Making waves: The urban schoolboy sailors
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BBC Secondary schools State schools Competitions
  • Oct 9, 2017
As a state-school kid from a council estate, I experienced Oxbridge privilege differently
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Evening Standard HE Higher Education State schools Oxbridge Equality Privilege
  • Oct 6, 2017
The Army has opened a cadet unit in a Welsh state school - but a politician is angry
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Wales Online Schools State schools Army cadet units Wales
  • Oct 4, 2017
Independent school pupils feel more prepared for university than state-educated peers, survey finds
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TES Independent schools Schools HE State schools Higher Education Universities University admissions
  • Oct 4, 2017
Private schools are vital to state education, says head
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Times Private schools Schools Headteachers Headteacher State schools
  • Oct 2, 2017
Scotland: school business rate rise ‘would fuel house price surge’
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Scotland State schools
  • Oct 1, 2017
School funding changes will fail to tackle 'postcode lottery', heads warn
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TES Schools Funding State funded schools State schools Headteachers
  • Sep 28, 2017
Family's first student in Cambridge state school record
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BBC Higher Education HE University of Cambridge Cambridge University State schools University admissions
  • Sep 27, 2017
Private and state schools slump on creative arts GCSEs – but why?
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Schools Week Private schools State schools Creative arts GCSEs Subject choice EPI Secondary schools
  • Sep 21, 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
Partnership is key to creating more good school places
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DfE Justine Greening Independent schools State schools School places Partnerships
  • Sep 13, 2017
Celebrating Partnerships: Secretary of State shows support for cross-sector working
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ISC Independent schools State schools Partnerships
  • Sep 13, 2017
DfE to monitor partnerships between state schools and independents
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TES DfE State schools Independent schools Academies School admissions Free schools MATs Social mobility Funding Partnerships
  • Sep 13, 2017
When state schools lead, independents follow
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Huffington Post Grammar schools Sixth forms School places A-levels Exam results GCSEs State schools Independent schools Grading League tables
  • Sep 11, 2017
Councils pressured to place children in boarding schools instead of care
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Schools Week Boarding schools Vulnerable State schools Independent schools Bursaries Scholarships
  • Sep 7, 2017
Scotland: State pupils beat private peers to top medical grades
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Times State schools Private schools Medical Universities Graduates Pupil performance
  • Sep 6, 2017
State schools medical students outperform private school peers, study finds
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Telegraph Medical Universities State schools Private schools Performance
  • Sep 5, 2017
State school medical students lead the way at graduations
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Scotsman Scotland Medical Universities State schools Independent schools Pupil performance
  • Sep 5, 2017
Medical students from state schools do better than those who were privately educated
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Metro State schools Private schools Universities Medical Academic performance Graduates
  • Sep 5, 2017
Gap for top marks at A-level narrows between state schools and private schools
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State schools A-levels Private schools Independent schools Public schools Attainment gap
  • Aug 26, 2017
Exam results gap between state schools and private schools is narrowing, figures show
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State schools Private schools Exam results Secondary Attainment Attainment gap A-levels
  • Aug 25, 2017
Universities can do more to stop the exodus from state school teaching
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Guardian Universities Teachers State schools Retention ITT NQTs Teacher training
  • Aug 16, 2017
Can we compare the A-Level performance of independent schools and state schools?
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Education Datalab A-levels Performance Independent schools State schools Attainment
  • Aug 14, 2017
A-levels: Private schools outperform similar state schools on pupil progress
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TES Private schools State schools Pupil performance Progress Exams Assessment A-levels
  • Aug 14, 2017
State school pupils have 'reduced chance' of winning Oxbridge places as they apply to oversubscribed courses
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Independent State schools University applications University places Oxbridge Private schools
  • Aug 14, 2017
Give more freedom to state schools, says top Headmaster
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Scotsman Scotland State schools Independent schools Accountability Governance
  • Aug 14, 2017
ISC & GSA response to Tom Richmond’s ‘Comparative analysis of leading private and state schools’
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GSA ISC Private schools State schools GCSEs A-levels Exam results Pupil performance
  • Aug 11, 2017
ISC response to new report: 'A comparative analysis of leading private schools and state schools'
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ISC Private schools State schools GCSEs A-levels Pupil performance Exam results
  • Aug 11, 2017
Independent state school partnerships (ISSP): evaluation
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DfE Independent schools State schools Primary schools ISSP Partnerships
  • Aug 8, 2017
Let’s restrict the number of privately educated people in Britain’s elite | Ellie Mae O’Hagan
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Guardian Private schools Elitism State schools
  • Aug 7, 2017
The Real Schools Guide 2017: All state secondary schools in Wales rated and ranked
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Wales Online Wales Secondary schools State schools Rankings
  • Aug 7, 2017
Diversity drive at top universities is failing, as official figures reveal largest ever gap between state and private school students
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Telegraph Diversity Universities Access Widening participation State schools Private schools Disadvantaged students
  • Aug 3, 2017
Daily roundup 26 July: Teacher qualifications, terror charge, and strike threat
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CYPN Unqualified teachers Terrorism Extremism Radicalisation Strikes State schools QTS
  • Jul 26, 2017
Schools in England
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DfE State schools Independent schools
  • Jul 24, 2017
School makes pupils wear signs if uniform doesn't meet standards
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Guardian School uniforms Academies State schools Progress Disruption Attainment Discipline
  • Jul 17, 2017
Commission on Inequality in Education
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SMF Research Educational inequality Disadvantaged pupils Industrial strategy Grammar schools Selective education State schools Funding Teachers Teacher training Teacher recruitment Retention
  • Jul 13, 2017
Independent state school partnerships (ISSP): evaluation
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DfE State schools Independent schools ISSP Funding Primary schools
  • Jul 12, 2017
Religious influence on state schools ‘could be curtailed’
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Scotsman Religion State schools Governance Scotland
  • Jul 12, 2017
School segregation 'a kind of apartheid', Appeal Court hears
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BBC Gender segregation Muslim State schools Ofsted Discrimination Equality Legal action
  • Jul 11, 2017
Lucy Powell MP: Putting social mobility at the heart of government policy means grammar schools need to change
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PoliticsHome Social mobility Social Mobility Commission Funding Disadvantaged pupils A-levels GCSEs State schools Private schools Selective education Universities Widening access
  • Jul 11, 2017
State schools outshine Eton in science A-levels
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Independent A-levels Science State schools Eton Private schools STEM Rankings
  • Jul 6, 2017
Sharp rise in secondary school rolls as teacher numbers fall
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SecEd Secondary schools Class sizes Teacher shortage State schools Primary schools DfE Workforce Teachers Retention
  • Jul 5, 2017
US success for 62 pupils
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Sutton Trust Universities USA State schools Fulbright Commission Scholarships Free school meals EMAs Disadvantaged students Social mobility
  • Jul 4, 2017
Schoolgirls' bid to stop daily prayers in schools will be reviewed after gaining support
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Express State schools Religion School worship Secondary schools Wales
  • Jun 29, 2017
Free school meal take-up lowest on record, and 4 more census findings
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Schools Week Free school meals School census Class sizes Primary schools Secondary schools State schools Private schools Minorities Ethnicity English
  • Jun 29, 2017
Two girls' bid to stop daily prayers in schools wins support of AMs
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Wales Online Wales Religion State schools RE
  • Jun 28, 2017
‘It’s about race and class, but it’s funny, not grim’: Channel 4’s new take on school drama
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  • Jun 4, 2017
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State schools mount charge of the poetry brigade
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Afua Hirsch: 'Faith schools harm integration' (video)
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Kent grammar schools: Odds 'loaded against poor pupils'
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Scotland: no tax breaks for state schools, says Swinney
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Independent and state school partnerships reach new high - ISC Census 2017
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Next wave of English free schools approved
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State schools hire fundraisers in bid to make ends meet
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Yoga to become 'compulsory' in state-run schools in Uttar Pradesh
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Warning over segregation in England's schools
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One in 3 pupils on university access scheme privately educated
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Schools urged to allocate places using admission lotteries
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Poor children priced out of top state secondary schools as parents can’t afford houses
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State schools could scrap Christian assemblies after London council changes rules
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Leading private girls' schools to share physics teachers with state sector
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Parents want Scotland's last single sex state school to admit boys
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Clever teenagers twice as likely to smoke cannabis due to their curious minds, study finds
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Michael Gove defends government spending on school buildings
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Free schools spending has doubled as old buildings fall apart - NAO
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Free schools ‘should be curbed’ as spending soars to £1bn over budget
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Billions needed to restore school buildings to 'satisfactory' condition, warns watchdog
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Government 'wastes billions' on state-of-art free schools leaving state schools in dire state of repair
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Schools fear business rate rise will be 'breaking point'
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Independent schools are giving pupils more time to complete exams than their state peers, new analysis finds
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Independent school pupils more likely to get extra time in exams
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Army Cadet Force units ruled out at Scottish state schools
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Academies should be made to take in excluded children, officials say 
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Boarding school trial for vulnerable pupils scuppered by 'low aspirations'
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Oxford University bucks national trend and accepts fewer state school students, figures show
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Grammar schools give poorer children the chance to shine, says Schools Minister
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Girls’ schools are producing pupils who aim for the sky
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MPs 'filibuster' proposal to make PSHE compulsory in all state schools
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Private school children are tougher than their state educated peers, study finds
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Night time badger expeditions, croissant making lessons in France and taekwondo classes on offer from Tatler's top state schools
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Primary school performance tables: 2016
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Consultation responses reveal widespread resistance to government selection plans
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Private schools in England propose 10,000 free places
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A blow to state schools and the solar industry | Letters
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  • Nov 27, 2016
Two London state schools are named as the best in the country
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  • Nov 25, 2016
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I know all about Oxford’s class problem. It starts in schools | Alexandra Topping
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Charge parents £500 to plug school funding gap, says leading head
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