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1. 11. Parents 'take out loans for private education'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 August 2006 SOARING numbers of parents are applying for bank loans to put their children through private school, according to new figures.

2. 12. Minister's sex lessons pledge

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 October 2008 PARENTS will not lose the right to withdraw their children from sex education lessons, Education Minister Ed Balls has promised.

3. 13. Gorton school wins design award

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 25 June 2009 A MANCHESTER school has won a top award for it pioneering design. Gorton Education Village has been named the country's best 'healthy-learning environment' by the British Council for School Environments.

4. 14. £5m ‘inclusion centres’ to help pupils in danger of being expelled

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 June 2011 New education centres for pupils at risk of expulsion are being built as part of a £5m plan. Education bosses in Manchester plan to create ‘inclusion centres’ at six secondary schools around the city.

5. 15. Worst-performing primary schools to be turned into academies

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 June 2011 The 200 worst-performing primary schools in England are to be transformed into academies, Education Secretary Michael Gove announced.

6. 16. Striking teachers will 'lose respect of parents', warns Michael Gove

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 27 June 2011 Education Secretary Michael Gove has warned against union ‘militancy’ ahead of a planned walkout by teachers and public sector workers this week.

7. 17. Teachers balloted over joining mass public sector protest

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 07 November 2011 Teachers are expected to bring education across Greater Manchester to a halt during a mass public sector protest. Ballot papers are now being sent to out across the region asking teachers to join the walkout later this month.

8. 18. Cameron defends prep school row Kelly

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 January 2007 TORY leader David Cameron defended Ruth Kelly's decision to send her child to a é15,000-a-year private school for pupils with learning difficulties. Mrs Kelly, a former Education Secretary, removed her child from a state school after deciding it would not cater adequately for their special needs.

9. 19. City's fifth schools boss in two years

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 July 2007 A NEW education boss has been appointed to oversee Manchester schools - the fifth person to hold the role in just over two years.

10. 20. Teachers insist ALL pupils are getting better, whatever race

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 January 2011 Manchester schools say there has been an across-the-board improvement in GCSE results. And education officials say they are striving to close the gap between pupils from different backgrounds.

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