Search Results

1. 1. ‘More schools to face axe’ in education crisis

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 29 July 2010 More schools will have to close to tackle a financial crisis in Salford’s education service, says a new report. The council is already planning to shut two high schools and a number of primaries.

2. 2. Education experts to lead cohesion task force

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 29 January 2010 Local education experts are to lead a task force to look at community cohesion in education, skills and training in Blackburn with Darwen.

3. 3. Debut date for education boss

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 January 2005 BOLTON West MP Ruth Kelly will make her first speech as Education Secretary at a conference in Manchester tonight.

4. 4. End education snobbery, pleads minister

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 June 2006 TEACHERS and politicians should stop talking about "vocational" courses and use the word "professional" instead, Education Secretary Alan Johnson will suggest.

5. 5. Diploma snub worry for education chiefs

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 February 2005 THE decision not to replace A-levels and GCSEs with an "over-arching diploma" has sparked disappointment and concern among education and business leaders.

6. 6. School facing axe used to promote education

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 09 January 2007 A GLOSSY handbook about secondary education in Salford features children from a school now facing the axe. A colour photo on the cover and six inside the booklet show pupils at work in St George's Roman Catholic High in Walkden.

7. 7. Primary education under review

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 09 December 2007 THE first "root-and branch" review of English primary education in a decade will allow greater flexibility in the curriculum and ensure all pupils are taught a foreign language, the Government has pledged.

8. 8. Too much TV 'stunts kids' education'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 04 July 2005 TOO much TV can be harmful to a child's education, two independent studies concluded today. A third investigation found that TV can impair the development of very young pre-school children.

9. 9. Plan for Oldham school staffed by soldiers on course

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 13 February 2012 The proposed Phoenix School in Oldham would focus on self-discipline and use rigorous outdoor exercises to prepare students for the classroom.

10. 10. Class act: The Wythenshawe school that rose from the ashes to earn 'outstanding' Ofsted rating

    Manchester Evening News, Sunday 11 December 2011 Seven years ago Crossacres primary school in Wythenshawe was in special measures after inspectors ruled that teachers were ‘failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education’. Then in 2007 the nursery was burned down in an arson attack.

Filters