More pupils achieve top GCSE grades
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Government exceeds target of increasing the number of pupils achieving at least five A* to C grades in their GCSEs.
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More A-level and GCSE candidates are given extra time to help with physical and emotional difficulties.
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A number of leading public universities are drawing increasingly impressive and affluent students.
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SAT scores for the high school class of 2004 were mostly the same as a year ago, though scores for some minority groups showed an encouraging increase.
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Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam rose for the first time in seven years, with the high school class of 2004 improving modestly across all subjects and most ethnic groups.
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Four fifths of UK university graduates were happy with their courses, a big annual survey suggests.
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This year's exam results in England showed 46.5% of students achieved five or more good GCSEs.
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There are big variations in how many children from different neighbourhoods go to university.
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The Ofsted chief says specialist schools are showing "significant improvements", compared to other schools.
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NI students will receive the first batch of GCSE grades which show a slight improvement from last year.
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Some schools are spending more on putting pupils through exams than on books, head teachers say.
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The number of students applying for UK universities rises 6%, despite the new top-up fees in England.
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Number of students is on the rise among the schools with Latvian as the language of instruction.
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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The number of surplus school places in England has risen to 758,000 - the highest level since 1998.
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School pupils in Singapore lead the world in maths and science tests, latest international rankings suggest.
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GCSE results have shown the biggest increase in top grades since 1999, with girls still out-performing boys.