Pounds 5,000 Helps Pupils Sparkle
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New stage lighting brought an extra sparkle to this year's annual nativity play at Priory Woods School.   The school in Middlesbrough, which educates children with special needs, was able to buy the lights thanks to a donation from company Dow Chemicals.
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Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet the government's GCSE target but things are improving.
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More than 250,000 teenagers in England are getting education allowances of at least Â£10 a week.
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Donations to the UK Independence Party rose five-fold rise in the run-up to the European elections.
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Foreign students contribute Â£3bn to the British economy. Not all are happy with what they get.
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Pupils benefit from having worked with creative people such as writers and fashion designers, Ofsted says.
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Extended schools, with after-school activities, are improving GCSE results, say researchers.
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The soundtrack has lively numbers, which the youth may love.
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Â· Rose also promised Â£4.5m in shares if targets are met  Â· Shopworkers in line for payouts of Â£500 each
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MORE than 700 children from 14 primary and junior schools across Solihull are uniting to find out how they can make a difference to their environment.
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Independent schools are stretching their lead among the top-performing A-level students, say the Tories.
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More than 15,000 of Northern Ireland's primary seven children will find out their 11-plus grade later.
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Parents at a state-funded faith state school  are being asked  for voluntary contributions of more than Â£1,200 a year.
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Almost 10,000 teenagers are to receive their first payments for staying on at school this month.
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Â£5m is being given to a charity that will fund research and educational initiatives dedicated to the net.
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Recruitment procedures at a school where a teacher "throttled" a five-year-old pupil are backed by an education chief.
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UK schoolchildren are being offered the chance to design an experiment for a small satellite.