Free school meals 'for deprived'
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The Scottish Executive unveils plans to provide free school meals to all children from deprived areas.
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Public health reforms to be piloted in deprived areas in a bid to tackle high levels of poor health.
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Heads say England's school funding means pupils in disadvantaged areas are missing out.
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A scheme to improve teaching at primary schools has had a "limited impact", a report says.
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Expenses like travel and food cost parents of state school pupils more than Â£700 a year, says a report.
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A scheme to help pupils who struggle  with reading could save the taxpayer millions of pounds, a report claims.
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The school meals watchdog denies it has watered down its guidelines on healthy food.
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Free English lessons will be targeted at migrants who are poor or socially excluded, under government proposals.
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A GOVERNMENT taskforce is being created to ensure all schoolchildren are given access to computers at home. The scheme will target 1m youngsters who currently do not have computers to use for homework, in a bid by the Department for Education to close the "digital divide".
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Leaflets on how to make a healthy packed lunch is to be given to parents, the BBC learns.
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Good teaching and leadership help to cut truancy rates and boost school attendance, says an Ofsted report.
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Ugandan children who have completed primary school benefit from free education at many secondary schools.
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Poorer children are not more likely to take up a school place allocated through a  lottery, researchers say.
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Senior volunteers are contributing their time to help struggling school systems.
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Cookery lessons will be made a compulsory part of the school curriculum for every student aged 11-14 as part of government plans to combat obesity.
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Children will be offered cooking lessons to improve their kitchen skills and to encourage a better diet.
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England's academy schools are on course to raise attainment in deprived areas, a spending watchdog says.