Jessica Shepherd

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  International GCSE offer rejected by majority of state schools

  12 Aug 2010:

  Only 16 schools so far registered to teach the O-Level-style qualifications from September

• Clearing 2010: A-level students who miss out advised to take gap year

  11 Aug 2010:

  Many universities already have no places left to offer through clearing, with record numbers expected to be disappointed

• Primary pupils' science knowledge at lowest level since 1999

  10 Aug 2010:

  Almost a fifth of 11-year-olds failed to reach standard in science Sats, compared with 12% last year

• Clearing 2010: 'Full' universities turn away record number of students

  9 Aug 2010:

  All courses full at Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh and Warwick nine days before A-level results, Guardian poll finds

• Graduate tax would cost teachers and nurses thousands, union finds

  9 Aug 2010:

  Relatively low earners would pay thousands of pounds more if ministers replace tuition fees with a graduate tax, says report

• Michael Gove mothballs plans to build 75 schools

  6 Aug 2010:

  More than 70 schools were promised new buildings in return for turning into academies, but the government now says it cannot afford them

• Local authorities threaten legal action over axed school buildings programme

  5 Aug 2010: Michael Gove's decision to cancel more than 700 school building projects has prompted local authorities to take legal advice

• Michael Gove to come under attack as he meets teachers to discuss cancelled building projects

  5 Aug 2010:

  Education secretary will meet staff in Sandwell, where teachers were mistakenly told their schemes were not under threat

• Just 1% of poorest students go to Oxbridge

  5 Aug 2010: Access watchdog reveals that a tiny percentage of students in England who are entitled to a full bursary end up at Oxford or Cambridge universities

• Case study: Sats tests

  4 Aug 2010: Headteacher Steve Iredale believes the Sats scores hide the achievements of his pupils

• Children's commissioner for England under review

  4 Aug 2010: The role of the children's commissioner is under review at a time when young people need someone to fight their corner

• Sats figures show reading standards drop for 11-year-olds

  3 Aug 2010:

  English and Maths standards rise, despite 16% of primary school leavers failing to reach expected reading level

• Reading standards of 11-year-olds slip, Sats figures show

  3 Aug 2010:

  English and Maths standards rise, despite 16% of primary school leavers failing to reach expected reading level

• Immigration minister vows to stop 'abuse' of student visa system

  2 Aug 2010:

  Damian Green to review points-based system after figures show increase in non-EU students

• Family win school catchment spying case

  2 Aug 2010:

  Council acted illegally in tracking movements of family to see if children qualified for primary school

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