Welsh Assembly Government - This Statistical First Release summarises the results of a survey on absenteeism by 11 to 15 year olds in secondary, special and independent schools in Wales.
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UKStatistics on 30th Oct 2008 (via new.wales.gov.uk)
Welsh Assembly Government - This Statistical Release presents data on many aspects of schools including the type of schools, pupils, teaching and classes.
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UKStatistics on 7th Aug 2008 (via new.wales.gov.uk)
Secondary schools remain the weak point of England's education system, despite more than 10 years of reform by Labour ministers, according to the schools watchdog
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FT on 11th Mar 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Welsh Assembly Government - This publication presents information on the school sector in Wales drawn from a number of sources, mainly the Schools Census.
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UKStatistics on 27th Nov 2008 (via new.wales.gov.uk)
Government plans to improve more than 600 under-performing secondary schools have backfired, say headteacher
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Guardian on 25th Jul 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
Government investment and better planning have contributed to improvement in the quality of school ICT lessons, yet not all pupils are benefiting, according to Ofsted's new report The importance of ICT: information and communication technology in primary and secondary schools 2005/8.
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PublicTechnology on 16th Mar 2009 (via publictechnology.net)
There will be jubilation in secondary schools at the announcement by schools secretary Ed Balls that Sats tests are to be scrapped with immediate effect
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SocialistWorker on 15th Oct 2008 (via socialistworker.co.uk)
One in three secondary schools in England now has a sexual health clinic to give condoms, pregnancy tests and even morning-after pills to children as young as 11, according to a new study.
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Telegraph on 26th Jun 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Wrexham's Assembly Member, Lesley Griffiths, has urged the Welsh Assembly Government to change the schools curriculum in Wales to include the teaching of entrepreneurship. The Labour AM believes Wales needs to have a "more flexible economic mix" between the public and private sector within its economy, in order for the country to adapt and respond more quickly to any future global economic cr...
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LabourMatters on 9th Jul 2009 (via labourmatters.com)
The bulk of UK secondary schools will eventually become academies, the new education secretary said as he outlined plans to make it easier for all schools to do so
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FT on 26th May 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Schools will be forced to tighten their belts as the government diverts spending to tackle the recession, MPs warn today. The government's promise to rebuild every secondary school in the country at the cost of nearly £45bn could be one of the first major casualties, the new report from the commons select committee for children, schools and families suggests. The Building Schools for th...
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Guardian on 7th Jan 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)