Posts on ‘July 21st, 2009’

Parents with children at persistently failing schools may be given vouchers to enable them to buy a better education elsewhere.

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• Wealth and private school remain key to professions• Radical proposals include £5,000 voucher for all
Radical proposals to give every 18-year-old a £5,000 voucher to spend as they wish on their training or higher education are proposed in a highly critical report published today into Britain’s professional “closed shop”.
The report by an all-party panel chaired [...]

Top professions are increasingly closed off to all but the most affluent families, a report into social mobility says.
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A south London school’s decision to install CCTV cameras in classrooms is condemned by teaching unions.
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Ministers were asked today to consider closing schools this autumn to help curb the number of swine flu infections. It is predicted that cases will soar as the school holidays end.
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The end of the school year was celebrated in style at a Lichfield primary after it was rewarded for an outstanding Ofsted report.
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Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants may have entered the UK to work on fraudulent student visas, says home affairs select committee
MPs have criticised the government for failing to stop bogus colleges allowing thousands of illegal immigrants to come to the UK in a damning new report.
The Commons home affairs select committee said it was [...]