Posts on ‘July 17th, 2009’

Mike Baker looks at what private schools have to do to pass the Charity Commission’s public benefit test.
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Pupils at an inner-city secondary school are poised to strike a deal to sell their home-grown vegetables to a celebrity chef’s London restaurant.

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Installation of new syllabus into schools means pupils resitting exams must pay for private lessons or teach themselves

Thousands of teenagers wanting to re-sit failed A-levels this year will be forced to pay for lessons at private crammers or teach themselves, after schools cancelled revision classes, it has emerged.
A-level courses changed last September and most schools [...]

The deaths of more than 200 children in England every year could be avoided, research suggests.
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Uncertainty over spread of pandemic could keep pupils away for start of autumn term
Some schools in England could remain closed in September if the swine flu pandemic escalates over the summer, the government has admitted.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) said that, while it was expected schools and nurseries would open as usual [...]

As the signs were taken down and desks cleared for the last time, parents, teachers and staff at a Shropshire primary school came together to mark the “end of an era” as their school closed its doors after 36 years.
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Millions of pounds has been lost through the “catastrophic mismanagement” of a flagship college rebuilding programme – delaying the £60 million revamp of Telford College, according to a report out today.
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Tears were mixed with happy memories as Oakland Primary School, in Bayston Hill, closed its doors for the last time. Have a look at our pictures of the end of an era.
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