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Primary schools in Greater Manchester 'run out of spaces' as birth rate soars

Primary schools in Greater Manchester are having to draw up emergency plans to find places for four-and five-year-olds to meet an unprecedented surge in demand.

Parents' anger over Chorlton High School academy 'whitewash'

Parents have called on bosses at a school which is controversially converting to an independent academy to attend a crunch meeting to explain the decision.

Pupils 'openly defiant' at inadequate Manchester Creative and Media Academy, say Ofsted inspectors

Manchester Creative and Media Academy has been classed as ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted inspectors who reported some pupils were boisterous, loud, openly defiant and showed a lack of respect for others.

Not-so-Sure Start for the boy from Withington with no primary school place

A boy from Withington may have to begin his school days at a Sure Start centre – after being told there are no primary places left for him.

Sure Start mums in Longsight bid to set up Manchester's first free school

They hope to combat a shortage of primary places in Longsight by setting up their own 189-pupil school next to their Sure Start centre.
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Primary league tables
Full tables for Greater Manchester primary schools 2011
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For education, become a soldier

This year nearly half a million students wait anxiously to collect their GCSE results. The Further Education Bursary Scheme (FEBS) is just one of the options available to 16 year olds.
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