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1. 11. Hopes high for 'media college'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 February 2006 A SALFORD school could be relocated to the city's Quays and turned into a "media college".

2. 12. Five more schools in closure threat

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 26 April 2006 FIVE more Salford primary schools could close because of falling birth rates and ageing buildings.

3. 13. Head quits to save school money

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 June 2006 A HEADTEACHER who successfully defeated an action for racism by a sacked teacher has now sacrificed her own job after her school was left with a é70,000 legal bill.

4. 14. Gareth makes the grade

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 13 June 2005 GARETH Hughes has just sat nine GCSEs and is confident of getting good grades. He has been offered a college place to study English, French and Music. But his achievement is remarkable as Gareth, 16, from Little Hulton, Salford, is totally blind.

5. 15. Cut-price breaks to cut down truancy

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 10 March 2005 SCHOOLS in Greater Manchester are offering discount breaks to the USA and Europe in a bid to tackle holiday truancy.

6. 16. Fit sprinklers, save lives, schools told

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 10 January 2006 FIRE chiefs are stepping up a campaign to persuade Greater Manchester schools to install sprinkler systems after an arson attack damaged 14 classrooms.

7. 17. School head suspended

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 23 July 2007 THE head of a primary school has been suspended after complaints about the way it is run. Drew Sadler, in charge of St John's C of E Primary, at Irlams o' th' Height, Salford, for 12 years, was sent home after governors decided to launch an investigation.

8. 18. Cash from land sale will help to pay for schools

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 20 November 2006 CASH from selling land for a housing estate will help to pay for new primary schools in Salford. The former Kersal High was bulldozed two years ago and the site will now be used for a 230-home development.

9. 19. New start for troubled schools

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 11 October 2005 TWO Salford secondary schools are to to be rebuilt thanks to £50m of government cash.

10. 20. Jet-set head to swap seaside for Salford

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 07 June 2005 THE working week starts at 6.15am each Monday with a flight from Gatwick to Manchester Airport for Salford head teacher Antony Edkins. Now he is so impressed with Salford and the north west that his family is to move to Eccles in September and he is hoping to negotiate an extension to his three-year contract, which started nine months ago.

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