Friends of Grammar Schools

513 words Publication date: 12 January 2010

Source: The Daily Telegraph Page: 33

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BILL KENNEDY, who has died aged 97, was the former headmaster of Kirkham Grammar School in Lancashire and a member of a distinguished pedagogic family.

His great-uncle was Benjamin Hall Kennedy, the great 19th-century headmaster of Shrewsbury, the cover of whose Kennedy’s Revised Shorter Latin Primer has been defaced by generations of schoolboys to read “Kennedy’s Revised Shortbread Eating Primer”. Bill Kennedy’s father was the Reverend John Kennedy, a dynamic head of Aldenham School, Hertfordshire, where Bill later taught classics and was a housemaster; he … Continue Reading

A-level achievement shows that able pupils and teachers are ready for even greater academic challenges.

CHRIS WOODHEAD   1462 words

Publication date: 15 November 2009 Source: The Sunday Times

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Separated by the tiniest possible margin, six schools compete at the top of this year’s independent table for the coveted No 1 slot. A total of 99.2% of A-level candidates … Continue Reading

Peter Newsam, former chief schools adjudicator, has come up with a radical proposal for the future of post-16 education. Could it catch on?

Jessica Shepherd   1684 words

Publication date: 17 November 2009 Source: The Guardian

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Students at the non-selective sixth-form college in Farnborough, Hampshire, achieved an average of 398 Ucas points last year – the equivalent of … Continue Reading

  Simon Doyle, Education Correspondent  

402 words Publication date: 10 November 2009

Source: The Irish News Page: Pg. 3

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Grammar schools are making final preparations for new entrance tests starting this week. 

More than 7,000 primary seven pupils are expected to sit the first of three Common Entrance Assessment (CEA) papers on Saturday. … Continue Reading

 Alison Shepherd   719 words

Publication date: 8 November 2009 Source: Independent On Sunday

Page: 44,45 (c) 2009 Independent News & Media PLC  

Comment | Every child deserves a good school place, says Alison Shepherd 

An education system that produces record-breaking GCSE and A-level results year after year ought to instil pride both in children and parents. And yet last month the Government that has presided over this incredible … Continue Reading

By Sarah O’Grady Property Correspondent     551 words

Publication date: 4 November 2009 Source: The Daily Express

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HOUSE prices are soaring in areas whose schools enjoy a good reputation as parents pull out all the stops for their children’s education. 

In what have become known as “educational super towns”, the average house price is 10 per cent more than typical homes outside the … Continue Reading

By James Kirkup

Political Correspondent

224 words

Publication date: 28 October 2009

Source: The Daily Telegraph Page: 10 (c) 2009 Telegraph Group Limited

A TORY row over grammar schools is expected to reignite with plans to expand selective schools.

David Cameron, the Conservative leader, has opposed any expansion of grammar schools, angering many Tory activists and MPs.

The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has also banned the expansion of the 164 remaining grammar schools in England. But Tory-held Kent County … Continue Reading

663 words       Publication date: 17 October 2009

Source: The Daily Telegraph   Page: 27

(c) 2009 Telegraph Group Limited, London

Britain has the best schools in the world. They produce highly-educated pupils who go to the best universities in the world, which also happen to be in Britain. Put that way, you wonder what all the fuss was yesterday when a report into primary education once again inspired an outpouring of national breast-beating about the state of our schools. The problem, of course, is that while we have the best schools in the industrialised world, we also have some of the worst. The … Continue Reading

Zoe Brennan and Jack Grimston

1174 words     Publication date: 18 October 2009

Source: The Sunday Times     Page: 9

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This is possibly the first revolution to have started over lasagne and salad. It’s certainly the first revolution ever to have affected Acton, in suburban west London, one warm September evening.

Over nibbles at the home of Toby Young, the writer, a small group of disgruntled mothers and fathers gathered to exchange stories of astronomical private-school fees, frustrating state-school catchment areas and disgraceful class sizes. As the lasagne was served, a new militancy swept through the room. They would … Continue Reading

By STEVE HAWKES Business Editor

410 words       Publication date: 14 October 2009

Source: The Sun          Page: 23

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THE boss of Tesco yesterday slammed the Government’s record on education – saying school standards were “woefully low”.

Sir Terry Leahy said teachers were drowning in red tape and firms were “left to pick up the pieces” with school leavers.

He urged ministers to ditch the bureaucrats and agencies issuing “reams of instructions” to schools and allow them to concentrate on lessons.

Sir Terry, who is chief executive officer of the supermarket giant, said: “As the largest private employer in the … Continue Reading