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Oxford pitches for black students
A campaign to encourage more black youngsters to apply to Oxford gets Rev Jesse Jackson's backing.
Concern over A-level standards
A Cambridge University chief expresses concern over claims A-levels have been dumbed down.
Sack bad teachers, says adviser
Sub-standard teachers should be sacked to make way for better colleagues, an education expert suggests.
Waving a big stick at teenagers
Mike Baker considers the government plans to compel pupils to stay at school until the age of 18.
Private schools' market share up
Private schools account for a growing proportion of secondary education in England, statistics show.
School clubs 'lost in poor areas'
After school clubs in deprived areas are being closed down because parents cannot afford to pay.
School made to fund expansion
An infant school must fund its own expansion despite government promises to help good schools grow.
Children sit first transfer test
More than 15,000 children in Northern Ireland have sat the first of this year's 11-plus transfer tests.
Many teachers 'keen to be heads'
Nearly one in three teachers in England is keen to become a head teacher one day, research suggests.
Cameron 'co-op schools' idea
David Cameron backs the idea of co-operatives running schools in England.
Grammars 'mishandled appeals'
Two leading grammar schools are found guilty of failing to run fair admissions appeals.
UK universities rise up rankings
Britain's performance in a league table of universities has improved, but the US still dominates.
Free nursery place scheme grows
£340m of extra funding has been announced to give three and four year olds more free nursery time.
Pupil's exclusion sparks row
Support grows for a 14-year-old girl excluded from school for refusing to remove a religious bangle.
Grammar fights closure proposals
A row is growing over plans to shut Stoke's most successful school in a £200m area reorganisation.
Sikh pupil excluded over bangle
The Sikh Federation backs a 14-year-old girl excluded from school for refusing to remove a religious bangle.
School closures 'benefit' pupils
Research by a Welsh think-tank claims the closure of small schools can improve educational standards.
Parents have duty on leaving age
Parents as well as young people will have a legal duty to comply with the raising of the education leaving age.
Testing 'deprives primary pupils'
Teaching for tests in maths and English deprives primary school children's education, a study says.
Yellow school bus review begins
A transport company is beginning a review of the use of US-style yellow school buses in the UK.