BBC News - Education & Family

30 July 2010 Last updated at 14:32 ET

Gove defends academy schools list

The Education Secretary insists there no is rush for schools in England to become academies, after criticism over the number of schools coming forward.

Maths fears over A-level reforms

Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns.
150 schools ask to be academies

More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.
Dramatic fall in pupil expulsion
'Mocking' toddler killers jailed
Landmark ruling on divorce money
Rise in parental child abductions
Promise over future school cash
Gove open to atheist-run schools
Irish schools funding criticised

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