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.'No excuses' on school results- June 10, 2008 Almost one in five English secondary schools is told to improve or close in a drive to raise standards.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7444822.stm Talks to cut school speed limits- June 10, 2008 The Welsh Assembly Government is consulting on whether to cut the speed limit around schools to 20mph.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7445514.stm Funds 'not reaching poor pupils'- June 9, 2008 A large chunk of extra money aimed at poorer pupils does not reach their schools, a report claims.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7444640.stm UK society 'demonising' children- June 9, 2008 Children are being "demonised" by a society that is locking too many of them up, four national watchdogs say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7443104.stm Ceremony for Hindu school site- June 7, 2008 A ceremony is held to mark the beginning of the building of the first state-funded Hindu school in in England.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7441561.stm Do parents want to go private- June 6, 2008 Mike Baker asks whether discipline is the key to why parents say they would prefer private schools.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7440022.stm Budget cuts could lead to strikes- June 6, 2008 Delegates at the conference of Scotland's largest teaching union vote to ballot on industrial action.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7438561.stm Diplomas 'could spell disaster'- June 6, 2008 An all-embracing system of diplomas could spell disaster for the education system, a report says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7438373.stm Adult skills scheme 'on target'- June 6, 2008 A 5bn scheme to boost the literacy and maths skills of millions of adults in England is on target, a watchdog says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7438483.stm |