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1. 1. Catching truants just a text away

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 December 2004 PARENTS whose children play truant from a Greater Manchester school are learning about their absence just seconds after class registers are marked - with a text message.

2. 2. Heads don't spend on bright children

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 December 2004 HEAD teachers refused to spend money allocated to help bright children in the poorest inner cities because they felt it was not fair to other pupils, Ofsted said today.

3. 3. Boy who died in school fight

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 01 December 2004 THIS is the 15-year-old schoolboy who died yesterday after a fight between pupils. David Sandham lost his battle for life following the lunchtime brawl in an annexe behind Broadoak High School, in Warbuton Road, Partington.

4. 4. Bonus for schools

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 01 December 2004 EVERY school in the north west was yesterday promised a share of a bumper increase in government cash.

5. 5. School knives shock

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 November 2004 A CHILLING snapshot of the knife culture among schoolchildren is revealed in a Manchester Evening News investigation today.

6. 6. Party time for after-school club that's going places

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 22 November 2004 AN after-school club scheme pioneered in Manchester is celebrating its second birthday - with local authorities across the country looking to copy its success in raising attainment and attendance levels.

7. 7. 'Schools fiddling truancy figures'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 November 2004 TEACHERS are fiddling registers to improve truancy figures, we can reveal today. An investigation ordered by education chiefs in Manchester found schools had "inflated" attendance by failing to follow registration policy.

8. 8. No hiding place for truants

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 November 2004 POLICE and education officers are joining forces in the latest round of truancy sweeps across the country.

9. 9. Teachers may be 'inflating' attendance records

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 November 2004 TEACHERS in Manchester may be fiddling the school morning register to mark truants in class who are really absent, it was revealed today.

10. 10. Rethink for college after parent 'siege'

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 15 November 2004 A TOP Catholic college is to change its admissions policy after hundreds of parents camped through the night in the hope of putting their children's names down for places.

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