More pupils do not speak English
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One in eight pupils at primary schools in England speaks English as a second language, official statistics show.
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Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet the government's GCSE target, tables show.
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More schools in England were judged to be failing last year - but as a proportion,  fewer were in such trouble.
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The truancy rate of pupils in England's secondary schools has increased again this year, according to government figures.
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English language courses are struggling to meet increasing demand from adult migrants and refugees, a report says.
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The number of students accepted by UK universities is down by 3.7% compared with this time last year.
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The vast majority of GCSE students do not know even the most basic facts about British politics, according to a new poll.
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Schools face a shortage of maths and English teachers next year after new figures show a dramatic drop in the number of teacher trainee applicants
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There has been a leap in truancy figures for secondary pupils in England, despite a big campaign to clamp down on the problem.
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Undergraduates in England spend less time studying than their European counterparts, a report suggests.
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School children as young as seven in England will have to learn a foreign language, the government announced Monday after a report said it must try harder to boost the country's poor linguistic skills.
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Â· Assistant head says pupils gain wide range of skills  Â· NUT representative says scheme is step too far
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Maltese school children are learning Italian rather than French, as their second language, figures released by the National Statistics Office showed on Wednesday.
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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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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker examines new figures which show a dramatic decline in the number of adult learners.
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Schools in England have been sent advice on how to teach children good spoken English.
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The number of children in England taking foreign languages at school has fallen, inspectors find.