Excluding badly behaved pupils from school should be abolished because it punishes vulnerable children, a think tank says.
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Posts from ‘February, 2010’
Call to scrap school exclusions
Fears over sexual images and children
Children are being increasingly exposed to sexual imagery, with parents finding it difficult to stop it, a report for the Home Office said today.
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Schools careers advice ‘patchy’
Careers advice in schools in England is “patchy and inconsistent”, according to the Institute of Career Guidance.
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Sats boycott vote date announced
A vote on whether to boycott this year’s Sats tests will be held on 15 March, two teaching unions announce.
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100,000 ‘will miss out on first-choice school’
Almost 100,000 children face heartache next week when they discover that they have not been given a place at their preferred choice of secondary school.
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Government ‘to miss Neet target’
The government is predicted to miss its target on reducing the number of teenagers out of education, work or training.
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UK student visa fraud exposed
An undercover investigation by BBC Newsnight has exposed fraud at the heart of the student visa system.
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Young ‘exposed to sexual imagery’
Children are being over-exposed to sexual imagery and tighter media controls are needed, a report for the Home Office says.
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Half of councils fail to report bad teachers
Councils are failing to refer incompetent teachers to General Teaching Council disciplinary hearings, figures disclosed yesterday.
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Exams in Mandarin ‘must be made easier’
The drive to improve the take-up of Mandarin in schools is in danger of collapsing unless exams are made easier, says a leading private school headteacher who pioneered teaching the subject.
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