School modernisation slips again
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A Â£45bn scheme to modernise England's secondary schools has fallen further behind target.
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Pupils in primary and secondary schools across England lack an overview of history, Ofsted warns.
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Government claims that more schools money has boosted GCSE results cannot be proved, MPs say.
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Senior school staff are most worried about changes to working arrangements, a survey says.
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Children make more progress in England's grammar schools than in comprehensives, figures show.
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Schools alone cannot improve the achievement of pupils from poor backgrounds, 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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Having students apply to university after A-level results will not solve the problems it sets out to tackle, administrators warn.
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Children are arriving for their first day at school less able to read, write, add up or play than a year ago, a series of national tests has shown.
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Â· Schools in disadvantaged areas progressing most Â· Too few pupils get good grades, say critics
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Standards in basic maths and reading among seven-year olds in England show no improvement, while fewer attain expected writing skills.
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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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The report says students are catching up to their worldwide counterparts but fourth-graders are not. By Michael Dobbs / Washington Post.
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Exam boards in England insist science GCSEs are not getting easier.
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The proportion of youngsters 'staying on' in education and training has fallen, and a reward scheme has not worked.
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The United Kingdom has slipped significantly down the world education league, particularly in maths, a report said yesterday. In the second round of tests conducted by the Programme
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Schools will still face a teaching shortfall when new figures are announced, a teachers' group says.