Children miss nearly 1.4million school days in a single term due to family holidays as parents ignore threat of penalty fines to escape peak-time price hikes.
Middle-classes taking children on holiday in term time fuels rise in truancy rate
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
University cuts of 35% will be worst since the Great Depression
Friday, August 13th, 2010Undergraduates face being taught in ‘crumbling’ lecture theatres or at home over the internet, despite having to pay more for a university education.
One in five children fails to make grade in science
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010The results of new sample primary school science tests show that 19 per cent of pupils did not reach Level 4 – the standard expected of the age group.
Teenagers gained ‘A’s at GCSE despite scoring less than 50%
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010In a damning report, Ofqual said standards were still ‘too low’ in the subject and questions not difficult enough despite a warning to exam boards to toughen up their papers.
Stop-gap graduates: A third in low-skills jobs or on the dole six months after leaving university
Friday, July 2nd, 2010Nearly 20,000 of last year’s graduates – one in ten – were unemployed six months after leaving university – up from eight per cent in 2008.
The chances of landing a graduate job since the recession? ONE in 270
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Up to 270 graduates are battling for every job vacancy after the recession triggered an unprecedented scramble, a study shows today.
Middle earners priced out of private education as fees soar
Friday, June 18th, 2010A boom in the number of families on six-figure salaries and a growing tendency for parents to make financial sacrifices for their children’s education is thought to be fuelling the fee rises.
Almost half of all schools in England do not provide a good education, says Ofsted
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010The proportion given the worst rating of ‘inadequate’ has more than doubled this year while the number of top-performing schools has nearly halved.
