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1. 11. Top firms 'show interest' in city academies

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 13 September 2006 THE BBC, Channel 4 Television, Microsoft and Manchester Airport could become backers for a new generation of schools in Manchester. They are among organisations which have showed interest in sponsoring six privately-backed academies in the city.

2. 12. 'Victim' superhead fights back

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 19 March 2006 A PROMINENT headteacher has launched a blistering attack on the city council and called for an independent review after being told she faces the sack.

3. 13. Degree fear in lecturers' row

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 04 April 2006 THOUSANDS of Manchester students face disruption to their final-year exams because of industrial action by lecturers.

4. 14. Top marks for uni plan

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 23 May 2006 MANCHESTER schools have welcomed plans for students to apply for university places based on their real A-Level results rather than predicted grades.

5. 15. Victim support 'cuts' hit hard

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 23 April 2006 THE man responsible for helping crime victims in Greater Manchester has launched a stinging attack on the Home Office.

6. 16. Schools' packed lunch 'fee' bid rejected

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 22 July 2006 YOUNGSTERS could have been charged for taking packed lunches to school under plans put before a Greater Manchester council.

7. 17. A-Level results are better than ever

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 August 2006 SCHOOLS and colleges across Greater Manchester are celebrating their best-ever A-level results. As students across the country received their grades, many head teachers and principals in the region reported a rise in pass rates.

8. 18. Science takes girls on 1,500 mile trip

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 August 2006 A GROUP of school gilrs from Manchester have travelled 1,500-miles for a school science trip.

9. 19. Pupils fight to save their school

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 05 December 2006 YOUNGSTERS fighting to save their school from closure will be awarded marks towards one of their GCSEs. St George's RC High, Walkden, has been earmarked for closure as part of a é110m overhaul of Salford schools.

10. 20. Dame Jean to explain all in book

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 01 September 2006 SACKED superhead Dame Jean Else is to release a book on her struggle to clear her name. Dame Jean, who was sacked from her é76,000-a-year post at Whalley Range High School for Girls last week, said she has had offers from publishers to tell her story.

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