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1. 11. Kids 'should set tests'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 17 September 2007 IT sounds like every pupil's dream - government advisers are proposing that schoolchildren mark their own work and set the questions for classroom tests.

2. 12. Sarah is in top five

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 August 2007 A HIGH-flying school girl has achieved the some of the best grades in the country in five GCSE subjects.

3. 13. Full marks for GCSE schools

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 August 2007 PUPILS across Greater Manchester have chalked up record results as the number of top grades improved again.

4. 14. Tom's amazing A-grades

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 August 2007 A BOY who spent a year and a half out of school with a rare brain tumour passed his exams with flying colours.

5. 15. Girls are a class act

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 August 2007 NATALYA Paul is enjoying the spotlight after gaining top drama results.

6. 16. Girls' school comes top of the table

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 January 2007 MANCHESTER High School for Girls has again emerged top of the table with the best examination record in the independent schools sector. And headteacher Christine Lee-Jones says it is proof once again that the school's ethic: `It's cool to do well', has been taken to heart by pupils.

7. 17. One-to-one lessons to help kids catch up

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 January 2007 CHILDREN who struggle with reading, writing and arithmetic could receive one-to-one lessons to help them catch up. Education secretary Alan Johnson is planning to introduce these lessons ahead of new figures which are expected to show that more than half of teenagers are failing to get five C grades in GCSE subjects including English and maths.

8. 18. Superteachers' take new approach

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 14 May 2007 PUPILS at a Manchester secondary school will have the same teacher for every class, every day.

9. 19. Bishop's battle to save St George's High

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 26 January 2007 THE Bishop of Salford has criticised plans to close a successful Catholic secondary school in the city. The Rt Rev Terence Brain believes education chiefs should re-think a proposal to shut St George's RC High in Walkden.

10. 20. School's out over chaos in flood

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 25 January 2007 MORE than 200 children have been forced to stay at home after a sewage pipe collapse caused flooding chaos at their school. Other pupils are attending Offerton High, in Stockport, part-time, going to classes two days a week.

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