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1. 1. New £2m school broke the rules

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 29 December 2006 A NEW primary school was built without full planning permission, it has emerged. The é2m Sandbrook Community School, in Rochdale, opened in September.

2. 2. Uni threat as students stay close to home

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 21 December 2006 MORE students are choosing to study near their home in a trend which could undermine the traditional hierarchy of British universities, according to a think tank.

3. 3. Three primaries facing the axe

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 14 December 2006 THREE primary schools face closure after a review of places across Manchester. Council bosses say there are too many empty desks across the city's 132 primary schools and have argued the predicted birth rates mean more schools are struggling to fill classrooms.

4. 4. Cheerleader school named 'most improved'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 07 December 2006 A SCHOOL in Manchester with cheerleaders has been named the most improved in the country. Pupils and teachers at St Anne's RC primary, Ancoats, are celebrating after government league tables showed it made a 173 per cent improvement across all subjects in the past three years.

5. 5. £36billion refurbishment for schools

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 06 December 2006 CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown today announced a four-year é36 billion programme of refurbishment and rebuilding to make England's schools and colleges "fit for the 21st century".

6. 6. Pupils fight to save their school

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 05 December 2006 YOUNGSTERS fighting to save their school from closure will be awarded marks towards one of their GCSEs. St George's RC High, Walkden, has been earmarked for closure as part of a é110m overhaul of Salford schools.

7. 7. Single-sex schools may share sites

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 27 November 2006 TWO single-sex Manchester schools could be moved under plans to create new "split-sex" campuses.

8. 8. Cash from land sale will help to pay for schools

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 20 November 2006 CASH from selling land for a housing estate will help to pay for new primary schools in Salford. The former Kersal High was bulldozed two years ago and the site will now be used for a 230-home development.

9. 9. New school for expelled girl, aged 5

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 November 2006 TAMARA Howard, the girl expelled from school at just five years old over claims of violent behaviour, is back in education - just weeks after the M.E.N. highlighted her case. Tamara, who lives with her mum in Withington, is one of the youngest girls in the country to be permanently excluded from school after being accused of a string of incidents, including attacks on her teachers.

10. 10. Keep kids in class until they're 18 - schools boss

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 November 2006 YOUNGSTERS could be forced to stay in education or training until the age of 18. The proposal is part of moves to cut drop-out rates being examined by Education Secretary Alan Johnson.

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