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last updated: Jul 30 2010 2:11 AM
- Maths fears over A-level reforms
Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns.
- 150 schools ask to be academies
More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.
- Dramatic fall in pupil expulsion
There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past year, official figures show.
- 'Mocking' toddler killers jailed
A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, are jailed for life.
- Landmark ruling on divorce money
A "ground-breaking" Court of Appeal judgement removes the protection previously given to thousands of people in divorce proceedings.
- Rise in parental child abductions
A growing number of children in Britain are being abducted by a parent and taken overseas, the Foreign Office says.
- Promise over future school cash
Investment in England's school buildings will continue despite cuts to a major building programme, the Education Secretary says.
- Gove open to atheist-run schools
Prominent atheists such as Richard Dawkins could set up their own 'free schools' in England, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.
- Irish schools funding criticised
The education minister has approved funding for four Irish-medium schools, despite concern over the amount of unfilled places in existing schools.
- Bureaucracy 'hampers social work'
Nearly two-thirds of social workers say they do not have enough time to serve children and young people properly, an Ofsted survey finds.
- Boy, 5, wins Lidl defamation case
A five-year-old Irish boy who was wrongly accused of stealing a bag of crisps wins 7,500 euros damages for defamation of character.
- Marks and Spencer launch plus-size school uniforms
Marks and Spencer has started to sell over-sized school uniforms for overweight children as young as four.
- Family court service criticised
The agency which looks after children's interests in English courts has not dealt efficiently with an increase in cases, an audit finds.
- Axed school list 'advice ignored'
Officials are accused of ignoring advice to double-check their information before publishing a list of cancelled school building projects in England.
- MPs approve academy legislation
MPs pass legislation which paves the way for a radical overhaul of the school system in England but some Lib Dem MPs rebel.