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'Safeguarding Children' - Kevin Brennan
Although in many ways children and young people today are safer than previous generations, with accident rates and sudden infant deaths for example down, we also have to recognise that the society we’re living in has changed and is changing all the time.
We’ve got different family structures, more diverse communities, and we’ve got new technologies are all broadening our horizons and opening up opportunity.
But also posing new challenges for safety.
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No advantage to setting - experts
Academics claim that there are no clear advantages to setting by ability in primary schools.
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Exams system faces health check
A new body set up to boost confidence in the exams system is to stage a public debate about standards.
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The Dulwich Mum: channelling The Waltons
The Dulwich Mum rises to the challenge of her daughter's homework task and cultivates the image of the perfect family in the process
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Delay in helping dyslexic pupils 'costs £1.8bn a year'
The Government's delay in providing specialist educational support to children with dyslexia is costing the UK £1.8bn a year, a report shows.
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Setting harms education of some young children, report warns
Teaching young children in groups according to their ability does not increase their achievements and is damaging to those pupils allocated to the bottom groups, the biggest review into primary education for 40 years has concluded.
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Two men in campus terror arrest
Police arrest two men at the University of Nottingham campus under the Terrorism Act.
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Warnings of problems hitting Sats
Schools and markers highlight problems around the administration of this year's tests.
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Manchester mulls entry grades
Entry requirements for students from poorer backgrounds could be lowered at one of the UK's largest universities.
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Academic told: 'Don't tell mum'
A professor has been told he breached data protection laws in the way he replied to a parent's complaint.
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School transfer proposals set out
Caitriona Ruane's plans to reform academic selection cannot go ahead without DUP support, says Ian Paisley.
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Clampdown on disability bullying
Schools in England are being told how to tackle bullying of children with special needs or disabilities.
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Headteachers angry at Sats 'nightmare'
National tests that will be taken by more than one million children this month struck by computer problems
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New guidelines to stop bullying of disabled pupils
Schools should appoint a member of staff to look after each pupil with disabilities or special needs, according to government guidelines
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Prince Andrew to be president of Wellington Academy
Duke of York will visit the new state school in Wiltshire, sponsored by Wellington College, and maintain a close interest in its affairs
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Professor warned for revealing student's details to concerned mother
Senior academic at Lancaster University receives written warning for making 'illicit disclosures' after responding to a mother's complaint about her son's tuition
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Ofsted to keep closer watch on classrooms
More inspectors in lessons after Ofsted criticised for focusing too much on test results
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John Sutherland: Students struggle to find a winning hand
John Sutherland: Go and enjoy the film 21 - and try to ignore those nagging fears about the looming student loan crunch
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Use the force: Why ministers want all pupils to learn to fight
It is said that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. But could the wars of the future be won in less salubrious surroundings – a Salford community college? A secondary modern in Kent? A city academy? If ministers have their way, the cadet corps could soon become a big part of state school tradition.
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