Search Results

1. 1. Truants ignore fines

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 13 July 2005 SCHOOL attendance in Manchester has got worse this year - despite parents of stay-away pupils being fined in their hundreds. Education bosses launched a huge crackdown on truancy after the city's school attendance rates were branded the worst in Britain last year. <BR>

2. 2. Big rise in pupils studying religion

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 17 January 2005 THE number of Manchester children studying religious education has soared by half in three years.

3. 3. Kids should call shots in class

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 November 2005 PUPILS should be given more control over what they learn, a top education expert has said.

4. 4. Heads slam school 'cash cuts'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 February 2005 MANCHESTER is withholding '8.8m of government money from the city's primary schools, the headteachers' union said today.

5. 5. Row erupts over uniform cuts

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 01 June 2005 A MOVE to stop cash grants for school uniforms to more than 10,000 families by the Labour-led city council has been condemned as "taking blazers off the backs of kids".

6. 6. Results test for academies

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 March 2005 MANCHESTER is pushing ahead with plans for up to seven new academy schools despite a major row over whether they get results.

Filters