By Graeme Paton, Education Editor
06 May 2010
As many as half of schools in some areas will fail to administer tests for 10 and 11-year-olds amid claims they ruin children’s education and threaten teachers’ jobs. Up to 8,500 of the country’s 17,000 state primaries could take part in the boycott next week, although Labour has claimed the numbers will be much lower.
The industrial action – staged by the National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Head Teachers – is set to cause widespread disruption. It is believed that the …

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Kirsty Walker and Sarah Harris Mail
Schools secretary Ed Balls was forced to drop his plans to start sex lessons as young as five
Ed Balls yesterday dropped controversial plans to make sex education compulsory for children as young as five.
The Schools Secretary abandoned another ten flagship policies from the Children, Schools and Families Bill under pressure from the Tories in the final days of Parliament.
Parenting and religious campaigners had strongly opposed the plans to introduce sex into the curriculum in ‘personal, social and health education’ classes for pupils aged five …

By Richard Garner, Education Editor
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Saturday morning classes for children from disadvantaged homes will be set up if the Conservatives win the general election. Michael Gove, the shadow Education Secretary, said he wanted schools to open for longer during the week and on Saturday mornings to help close the achievement gap between poorer pupils and those who are better off. Speaking at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) annual conference in Manchester yesterday, Mr Gove said the extra classes would help provide a similar cultural experience to …

By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent Telegraph
School pupils are being taken on tours of sexual health clinics in an attempt to highlight the perils of unprotected sex.
A school trip used to mean a day out at a local museum or nature reserve. But now, classes are making visits to NHS sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics. Clinic staff say the tours are an attempt to “demystify” the consequences of unprotected sex, preparing many children for visits in later life. After each visit, students are sharing their findings with other pupils in …

Tim Ross London Evening Standard
One in three London families failed to win a place at their first choice of secondary school this year, figures showed today.
More than 27,300 children missed out on their preferred school, including 5,000 who were left with no offers from any of their six choices.
The success rate for parents applying to secondary schools fell slightly this year amid increased competition for places.
Sue Fieldman, regional editor of the Good Schools Guide, said more parents were choosing a free state education as a result of the …

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