Failing schools statistics steady
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The number of England's schools judged to be failing has remained steady on the same period last year.
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Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet GCSE targets but things are improving.
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Government figures show only 15% of white working class boys in England got five good GCSEs  last year.
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Secondary schools in England and Wales find it easier to recruit heads - but primaries still struggle.
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The education inspectorate Ofsted has listed schools which have had outstanding reports over the past decade.
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Â·  Steady increase in overall success rate Â·  Watchdog's warning on delaying children
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Consumers&#39; assessment of the economy held largely steady this month, according to a university research report released Friday.
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Media & professional: Few institutions pass admission benchmarks, but Russell Group blames low achievement at school.
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Test results for English primary schools are expected to show a slight improvement this year, the first rise for four years.
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Annual tables showing the test results of thousands of England's primary schools have been published.
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Accountability is a popular concept, but a poll finds Americans hesitant to punish schools for poor results.
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Schools for children with special needs should not close unless provision is improving, the government says.
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Recruitment figures for teacher training courses suggest shortfalls in key subjects such as maths.
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Killings at U.S. schools have not risen in recent years, despite some highly publicized crimes, and are far lower than in the early 1990s, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Number of children taught in schools with more than 2,000 pupils has trebled since Labour came to power
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Primary schoolchildren in England fail to produce better academic results than their Western counterparts even though they start school at an earlier age and are subjected to more tests, a leading educational study said Friday.
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Up to a fifth of Scotland's schools and colleges are poorly led according to a report by inspectors.