Left in the lurch
Publication Article 28 September 2004
Report backs exam reduction
Press Review 27 September 2004
The number of exams taken by teenagers should be reduced in order to allow more "internal assessment" by teachers, a government working group will tell ministers next month.
Choice comes down to class
Publication Article 22 September 2004
Tests dropped for seven-year-olds
Press Review 16 September 2004
The government has announced the sidelining of tests for seven-year-olds.
Clarke sets out all-day schools plan
Press Review 9 September 2004
Charles Clarke has committed the government to providing care from 8.00am to 6.00pm for children at every school.
Clarke announces school hours shift
News Article 8 September 2004
Schools will open from 8.00am to 6.00pm in a bid to help working parents, Charles Clarke has announced.
'Racist' school system betrays black boys
Press Review 7 September 2004
Black schoolboys have been let down by the education authorities for almost 50 years and are struggling to overcome racism from many of their own teachers, according to a new report released today.
School meals
Policy Consultation 6 September 2004
Comment from the Department for Education and Skills, the Conservatives, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the National Association of School Masters and Women Teachers, the National Union of Teachers, the Health Development Agency, the Professional Association of Teachers, the Food Standards Agency, 4Children, the National Consumer Council and the Secondary Heads Association
Pupils braced for 10-hour day
Press Review 6 September 2004
The government wants children to go to school for up to ten hours a day in England and Wales in order to combine education with childcare and enable parents better to manage their working lives.
Clarke shakes up school meals advice
News Article 6 September 2004
The education secretary has announced a wide ranging review of school meals in a bid to beat obesity.
Clarke to clamp down on playing field sales
News Article 27 August 2004
The education secretary has outlined plans to tighten the rules governing the sale of school playing fields.
Twigg calls for classics exams to be saved
Press Review 25 August 2004
Schools minister Stephen Timms has called for GCSE and A Level classics to continue in state schools.
Curriculum chief advises pupils to find work
Press Review 23 August 2004
Many secondary school pupils should be spending most of their week in the world of work, the head of the government’s qualifications body said yesterday.
Work experience to become universal
Press Review 4 August 2004
All state school pupils from the age of 14 will have to do work experience from the beginning of the new term this autumn.
Teachers target home education
Press Review 30 July 2004
Teachers have called for tighter controls on home education.
