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1. 21. Schoolgirl kicked out for taking extra day holiday

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 June 2004 AN eight-year-old girl with an excellent attendance record was kicked out of school because her family holiday lasted ONE day longer than school rules allowed. Victoria Corry came back from holiday and was told there was no longer a place for her at Crumpsall Lane Primary.

2. 22. Students' union sets up city HQ

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 29 December 2004 THE National Union of Students is set to move its national headquarters from London to Manchester in another major boost to the capital of the north.

3. 23. How Bernadette reached her exam goal

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 14 June 2004 WHEN Bernadette Croston decided to study for a degree, she knew she was in with a sporting chance. The moment that her husband Bill turned on the TV at the start of a football match, Bernadette disappeared to the dining room to get on with her work until the final whistle.

4. 24. School chiefs ban DJ's CD advice

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 19 November 2004 SCHOOL bosses have scrapped an anti-truancy CD featuring a local radio DJ after complaints from headteachers about the language he uses.

5. 25. Manchester wins Ofsted jobs boom

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 November 2004 THE national schools watchdog is planning to create hundreds of more jobs - in Manchester. Ofsted currently employs 2,800 staff at a network of offices around the country. But by 2008 it wants to concentrate 2,000 around three regions, Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester.

6. 26. Experts to fight bullying torment

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 July 2004 A NETWORK of experts is being set up across the country to tackle bullying in schools. Bullying is a significant problem, with figures suggesting one in five suffer.

7. 27. Top headteacher's winning ways

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 25 October 2004 A HEADTEACHER who set up a dry cleaning and ironing service at school to relieve pressure on his staff has won a top national award.

8. 28. Canadian staff to beat class crisis

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 03 July 2004 A STRUGGLING Salford secondary school that was facing a staffing crisis has recruited 11 teachers from Canada.

9. 29. Transatlantic teachers

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 06 September 2004 YOUNGSTERS at a struggling school in Salford are getting a global perspective from a team of teachers recruited from Canada.

10. 30. Kids' Arabian sights

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 28 September 2004 CAMELS may be more used to picking their way across the desert but this one spent the day on a concrete playground in Stockport.

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