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1. 51. Primary school in bid for merger with top academy

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 02 August 2011 St Barnabas Primary school in Openshaw is seeking to merge with The East Manchester Academy.

2. 52. GCSE results 2011: Greater Manchester pupils celebrate record results

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 26 August 2011 Secondary schools in Manchester, Oldham and Tameside made substantial gains. There were also improvements in Wigan. Scores for other boroughs were still being calculated last night.

3. 53. Let us play: Elbow to stage free concert in Manchester Cathedral

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 29 September 2011 The Mercury Prize-winning group will give a homecoming performance on October 27. It will broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 and on digital television.

4. 54. Suspended: 12-year-old boy who earns £60 a day selling chocolate to pals at Salford school

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 10 October 2011 Tommie Rose, 12, was making up to £60 a day selling chocolate, crisps, and drink at Oasis Academy. But the school has a strict healthy-eating policy and teachers say sales between students are banned.

5. 55. Top marks for the Cheadle Hulme school that’s simply oustanding

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 14 October 2011 Cheadle Hulme High in Stockport has become one of a small number of schools to sweep the board in an Ofsted inspection and be marked as 'outstanding' in all areas.

6. 56. Spotlight lands on 1,400 staff

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 19 April 2007 THE role of hundreds of bureaucrats employed to help Manchester pupils was being questioned today as new figures highlighted the dire problems facing schools.

7. 57. Schools chief to retire early

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 03 April 2007 MANCHESTER'S schools chief Alan Irving is to step down - after just 12 months in the job.

8. 58. Minister sets 'toughest test'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 November 2007 CHILDREN'S Minister Bev Hughes has warned the region's schools they face their most difficult test yet to reach national standards under a new multi-million pound improvement drive.

9. 59. Wigan school building storm heads to court

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 09 August 2010 Councils are set to sue the government over its decision to slash a £55bn school-building programme.

10. 60. Compensation threat over axed school plans

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 14 July 2010 The government’s decision to scrap school building plans has been thrown into further chaos after it emerged it could be left with a huge compensation bill if some of the new projects are not approved.

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