Rashid Razaq London Evening Standard
Parents have been warned not to follow the example of Emma Thompson, who is planning to take her 10-year-old daughter out of school for a year to go travelling.
The actress said she wanted to take Gaia on a gap year and “show her the world” before she starts secondary school. But Thompson, 51, and her actor husband Greg Wise, 44, could be stopped by Camden council. Parents have to convince officials that their child will be educated properly if they are removed from school.
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By JOHN COLES Sun
The kids are encouraged to wear gowns and tuxedos, with some planning to arrive in stretch limos.
Organisers say the bash is inspired by Disney flick High School Musical. But parents’ groups called it “worrying” and say mums and dads will be under pressure to shell out for clothes and transport.
Proms have grown in popularity in the last decade for UK secondary school-leavers.
But the event for pupils at St George’s in Portland, Dorset, is believed to be one of the first for primary school kids.
Margaret Morrissey, founder …

Nick Collins Telegraph
02 Aug 2010
Children and parents have been left in confusion after the government published the results of sats tests and teacher assessments together for the first time Photo: GETTY Pupils who sat this year’s exams face being awarded different marks in the same subject if teachers’ appraisals do not match their test scores. Sats were designed to give parents an indication of the academic standard their child has reached and to help schools stream pupils into the correct classes. Teachers now assess each pupil’s performance over the …