Shrinking parental choice…The Chief Schools Adjudicator, Philip Hunter, apparently believes that state school catchment areas should be scrapped, in order to give children from poor backgrounds more chance of getting into the best schools. Read on Summary of Educational Topics February 2008
State education under threat
Reports suggested that the government is drawing up plans to close a significant number of secondary schools because of a sharp fall in pupil numbers
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School choice “for all parents” impossible …
Comments by Schools Minister Jim Knight that parental choice for those living in rural areas will become “impossible” will ring loud alarm bells for thousands of parents coming, as it does, at the same time as it has emerged that many schools are “covertly” selecting more
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Press comment during December suggests that science and maths appear to be given less priority within the state sector than at independent schools. This enables students from private schools to to win more university places to read sciences.
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Record numbers of parents are turning their backs on state education
Nearly 40,000 more children are now being educated privately than when Labour came into power, new figures reveal according to a report from the Independent Schools Council (ISC).
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