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1. 41. League tables show primary school pupils in Greater Manchester have improved reading and maths skills

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 December 2011 Primary schools pupils in Greater Manchester have improved their reading and maths skills, according to league tables.

2. 42. Salford council forced to re-open old classrooms to cope with rising pupil numbers

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 December 2011 A baby boom and immigration are putting so much pressure on Salford primaries that the emergency measure is being considered for the second time in a year.

3. 43. Fall in! First pupils sign up for military-style Oldham school

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 08 December 2011 Organisers behind a proposed military-style secondary school have recruited their first pupils. The Phoenix Academy, earmarked to open in September 2013, would be staffed by ex-soldiers and service personnel.

4. 44. Manchester Grammar School unveils plans to run free state primary for 210 pupils in Ancoats

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 December 2011 Manchester Grammar School – one of the country's oldest and best-performing private schools – has revealed how it will help start an inner city 'free school' for state pupils in Ancoats.

5. 45. Overhaul plea for sex-ed classes

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 December 2005 A& MAJOR overhaul of the way sex education is taught in schools - with children as young as five learning about relationships - has been urged by two influential government advisory groups.

6. 46. Exam results: Reality behind the figures

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 October 2005

   LEAVING school, without a single qualification is still the shocking reality of education in Manchester for too many youngsters.

7. 47. 'Drop-outs' may face £50 fines

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 March 2007 PUPILS who drop out of education at 16 and refuse to go back will face criminal action and £50 fines under plans to raise the school leaving age. Education Secretary Alan Johnson said all young people should stay in work-related training or education until their 18th birthday.

8. 48. Her first speech in new role

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 07 January 2005 PARENTS must be at the heart of schools and help shape education policy, according to the new education secretary.

9. 49. Schools facing single-sex ban

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 28 June 2006 EDUCATION chiefs in Manchester are considering scrapping single-sex education in state secondary schools. Parents are being asked whether they want to retain the five existing boys' and girls' schools - or change to an entirely co-educational system.

10. 50. Lessons on how to be happy

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 May 2007 EDUCATION bosses in Manchester are spending £25,000 sending 25 teaching staff to America - to train them in giving children lessons in happiness.

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