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1. 1. City pupils reach benchmark for GCSEs

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 January 2007 GREATER Manchester's secondary schools have seen improvements in their GCSE exam results, although many are still languishing close to the bottom of the tables. Figures released today rank Greater Manchester at 145th out of 150 councils nationally.

2. 2. Fears over GCSE shake-up

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 19 August 2007 TEENAGERS will no longer be required to sit all their GCSEs after two years of study, under radical plans to break courses into "bite sized" modules.

3. 3. GCSE results: The national picture

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 January 2007 NEW statistics this year show the number of pupil achieving five GCSEs including maths and English in addition to simply showing their five best grades in any subject. This was in response to concerns that league tables did not emphasise basic skills.

4. 4. 4,757 pupils caught cheating

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 March 2007 THOUSANDS of teenagers were caught copying or using mobile phones to cheat in their GCSEs and A-levels last summer, it was revealed.

5. 5. Top schools 'will scrap A-levels'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 November 2007 THE best schools will teach children the government's new diplomas instead of A-levels and GCSEs, schools minister Jim Knight has predicted.

6. 6. Secondary school and college league tables 2006 - Manchester

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 January 2007 FIND out how schools in your area performed in the 2006 secondary school and college league tables, published by the Government ...

7. 7. Go to top of the class

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 December 2007 A QUIET revolution is under way in Hulme and Moss Side's secondary schools - and Faith Ekwueme and Yahui Zhang are the proof.

8. 8. Pupils miss out on cash prize

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 December 2007 PUPILS who say they were told they would earn £100 for good GCSE grades were left with nothing after the school dropped an incentive scheme - without telling them.

9. 9. School once facing axe turns tables

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 January 2007 A SCHOOL once threatened with closure because exam results were so low has been praised as `outstanding' by government inspectors.

10. 10. Hairdressing school at the cutting edge

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 September 2007 A SCHOOL has made itself a cut above the rest by opening its own hairdressing salon.

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