Specialist schools 'not better'
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Research suggests specialist status does little if anything to improve a school's performance.
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Head teachers and language experts say it is harder to get good grades in modern languages than other GCSEs.
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.
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One in 10 secondary schools in England were judged "inadequate" by school inspectors, a report is to say.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker on why inspectors say citizenship lessons in England's schools are inadequate.
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One in three adults in the UK regrets not having got better qualifications while they were at school, research finds.
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Schools should focus less on multi-culturalism and more on social cohesion to raise standards, a specialist says.
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Schools support "inclusion" for special needs pupils - except when they have behaviour problems.
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Schools alone cannot improve the achievement of pupils from poor backgrounds, a report says.
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Children make more progress in England's grammar schools than in comprehensives, figures show.
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The expansion of English education watchdog Ofsted may have made it "unfit for purpose", MPs say.
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A Â£45bn school building programme is hit by delays and a lack of expertise, the government admits.
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A head teachers' leader is alarmed by a suggestion that reform of 14-19 learning in England might be toned down.
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Some of the new academies set up with help from business have better GCSE results than the schools they replaced.
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Houses near primary schools with good test results cost far more than others nearby, a report says.
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet the government's GCSE target, tables show.