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Schools action urged on behaviour

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The approach of schools in identifying special needs is “too variable”, a report is expected to say.

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Check and check again - schools minister admits online typos

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England’s Schools Minister, Jim Knight, urges pupils to check their work after his own political blog is strewn with errors.

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College staff in strike over pay

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Lecturers at eight colleges in England are staging strikes over pay.

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Youngsters ‘confused by Diplomas’

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A study for the government finds a lack of accurate information about new qualifications.

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Music lessons ‘not good enough’

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Only half of school music lessons in England have been judged by Ofsted inspectors to be good enough.

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Vorderman heads maths task force

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Former Countdown co-host Carol Vorderman is to head a maths task force for Conservative Leader David Cameron.

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Selfish adults ‘damage childhood’

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The way adults live their lives should change to stop the damage being done to children, a major new report recommends.

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Drunken sailors thrown out of nursery rhyme

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“Drunken sailors” have been removed from the lyrics of a nursery rhyme in a government-funded books project.

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‘Unproductive’ youths increase

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A growing number of young people are not in work, education or training in England, figures suggest.

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Fall in UK university students

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The number of UK university students has fallen for the first time in recent history.

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