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22 May 2013 Last updated at 06:25 ET

Higher staff pay 'means larger classes'Sir Michael Wilshaw

Head teachers may have to increase class classes if they are to pay the best teachers higher wages, the chief inspector of schools in England admits.


ClassroomIodine lack 'may lower UK baby IQs'

Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK, say researchers who studied 1,000 families.

Primary school pupils (generic)East End music free school approved

A music school for deprived teenagers in east London and two schools for autistic children are among the latest wave of free schools to be approved.

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