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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




Children with emotional and behavioural problems receive too little help too late according to education watchdog Ofsted.
Education	The Sentinel – 13th July 2006



Fewer teenagers from poor back grounds are going to university according to new figures.
Education	The Sentinel – 20th July 2006



Six out of ten headteachers want police deployed in schools to stop pupils taking drugs and carrying knives. A poll found 50% of all secondary school headteachers have witnessed a pupil carrying a knife into school on at least one occasion in the past year. Half have also experienced problems with pupils drunk or on drugs.
Education	The Sentinel – 25th July 2006



Church leaders have called for the government to do more to stop schools routinely breaking the law by failing to hold daily acts of collective worship. Schools inspectors have found that many secondary schools fail to organize whole school assemblies or substitute them with smaller acts of collective worship which by law should be wholly or mainly broadly Christian by character.
Education	The Church of England Newspaper – 16th June 2006



Boys are no better at maths than girls, and research claiming sexes learn differently is wrong according to an American psychologist.
Education	The Sentinel – 28th July 2006



One in three university students would never have started their degrees if they had been forced to pay top up fees. From the autumn, undergraduates are set to be charged £3000 a year fees.
Education	The Sentinel – 27th April 2006



A survey has revealed widespread cheating among university students, with one in three copying ideas from books or the internet. One in six students admitted to copying from friends.
Education	The Sentinel – 16th March 2006



Creationism and intelligent design can be considered in the classroom, Schools Minister Jacqui Smith has said.
Education	Times Educational Supplement - 10th March 2006



Schools are spending two and a half times as much on exam fees as they are on books, according to new figures.
Education	The Sentinel – 24th February 2006



The number of pupils taking physics A-Level has plummeted by 38% since 1990.
Education	The Sentinel – 21st November 2005



Within the estimated 270,000 English students due to start university this month, young people who have been in care are significantly under represented according to a report by leading children’s charity NCH. It is estimated that less than 1 in 100 (1%) of care leavers go to university compared with nearly half (43%) of all under 30 year olds.
Education	Christian Herald – 24th October 2005



This year the A-level pass rate has risen slightly to 96.2%, up 0.2% on 2004, the 23rd successive rise since 1982 when the pass rate was 68%.
Education	The Universe – 18th September 2005



Religious Studies in the UK has this year become the A Level subject with the largest increase in entries, according to the 2005 A Level entry results data. The 16.9% increase in the number of students taking RS A Level this year makes it the top subject in terms of the increase for the second year running, after last year’s 13.8% rise.
Education	The Church of England Newspaper – 26th August 2005



There are currently around 7,000 faith schools in England, 600 secondary and 6,400 primary. The vast majority are Christian (mostly Church of England and Catholic) with 36 Jewish, five Muslim and two Sikh.
Education	The Church of England Newspaper – 26th August 2005



A poll by ICM for ‘The Guardian’ found that 64% of respondents agreed that “the government should not be funding faith-schools of any kind.” A quarter of those polled said Muslim schools should be treated on the same basis as Christian and Jewish schools, while 8% wanted to limit public funding to Christian and Jewish schools only.
Education	The Church of England Newspaper – 26th August 2005

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