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1. 51. £110,000 hunt for school boss

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 April 2007 MANCHESTER has launched a search for its new education boss. .

2. 52. Kelly faces storm as A-levels stay

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 February 2005 A-LEVELS and GCSEs are not being scrapped, but will be made more difficult under an education shake-up.

3. 53. City schools boss on 'indefinite' sick leave

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 18 January 2007 MANCHESTER could soon be looking for yet another education boss - the FIFTH in less than two years. The current chief, Dr Alan Irving, has taken indefinite sick leave.

4. 54. School leaving age 'to be raised to 18'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 12 January 2007 THE school leaving age is to be raised to 18 under plans being considered by Education Secretary Alan Johnson. Youngsters would be forced to stay in education or vocational training unless they had a job with a minimum level of training.

5. 55. Concern over department's direction

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 19 April 2007 MANCHESTER'S education department has been a ship `without a rudder' for the last two years, critics have claimed.

6. 56. School leaving age 'will be 18'

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 February 2005 THE school leaving age will be effectively raised to 18 according to Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.

7. 57. Kelly facing school fury

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 October 2005

   PLANS to bus pupils from poorer areas to better schools and allow head teachers to restrain unruly pupils have been slammed.<BR><BR>The controversial scheme by Education Secretary Ruth Kelly includes helping pupils from poor council estates to move to schools in better areas. <BR><BR>A White Paper would also allow teachers to discipline and restrain unruly pupils.

8. 58. Five new academies to replace schools

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 January 2005 MANCHESTER education chiefs are considering plans to replace up to five secondary schools with controversial city academies in a bid to maximise money for new buildings.

9. 59. Career mum Ruth warms to the job

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 07 January 2005 JUGGLING the demands of a career with bringing up a family is something that new Education Secretary Ruth Kelly understands well - and she thinks it makes her a better politician. Listen to an interview with Ruth Kelly.

10. 60. Kelly risks showdown by axing reforms

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 21 February 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly will risk a confrontation with schools this week when she rejects plans for the most radical reforms of English education for 60 years.

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