BBC News | UK News | Education | World EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Phoenix head given a knighthood- June 13, 2008 Head teacher William Atkinson is among the education figures in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7452527.stm Self-knowledge 'helps schools'- June 13, 2008 Leadership, knowledge and a sense of identity are key to school improvement, Ofsted says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7452034.stm Talents of bright pupils 'wasted'- June 12, 2008 A report claims one in 10 bright state pupils' talents are wasted as they do not get to university.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7450957.stm Private schools leader steps down- June 12, 2008 The head of the Independent Schools Council steps down a month after war-like comments.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7451368.stm Class therapy 'harming children'- June 12, 2008 A culture of therapy in the classroom is harming the minds of children and their education, an expert says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7450571.stm Young to get 7,000 for training- June 12, 2008 Young people who failed to get good qualifications at school are to get online accounts to boost their skills.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7448213.stm Push to train Welsh apprentices- June 12, 2008 More than 14,00 training places will be created to improve work skills in some of Wales' poorest areas.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7450029.stm Parents to run their own school- June 11, 2008 Parents in a West Sussex village are given permission to build and run their own school.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7449484.stm 'Cheat' fears over exam shake-up- June 11, 2008 A planned shake-up in Scotland's exam system could lead to more pupils cheating, a teaching union warns.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7447753.stm Four-year-old school to shut down- June 11, 2008 An integrated secondary school in Armagh City is to close because of falling numbers.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7448414.stm |