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1. 11. Exams shake-up gets black mark

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 18 October 2004 SWEEPING changes in secondary education, swapping GCSE's and A-levels for new diplomas, face criticism from bosses.

2. 12. Founder's goodbye to Nord Anglia

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 21 December 2004 CHEADLE-based Nord Anglia Education is saying goodbye to its chairman after 32 years of service.

3. 13. Class clampdown - but Dan's a winner

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 29 April 2004 EDUCATION chiefs are re-launching a "shop-a-truant" hotline and holding a series of truancy sweeps as part of a drive to boost school attendance. But elsewhere in the city youngsters are celebrating winning the "lottery" just for being in the classroom.

4. 14. £100,000 fund for failing heads

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 11 May 2004 EDUCATION chiefs have drawn up a '100,000-a-year package to get rid of failing headteachers from Manchester schools.

5. 15. '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.

6. 16. Discipline purge in school shake-up

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 08 July 2004 TEACHERS are to be put back in the driving seat on school discipline in a bid to stamp out hooligan behaviour. The move is made clear in the government's five-year education plan being launched by Education Secretary Charles Clarke today.

7. 17. Storm over Kelly 'clash' on abortion

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 20 December 2004 NEW Education Secretary Ruth Kelly is at the centre of a religious row days after taking over her new job.

8. 18. Bishop's plea over student debts

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 25 May 2004 THE Bishop of Manchester was today calling on the government to do more to tackle student debt. Bishop Nigel McCulloch was travelling to London to support an amendment to the higher education bill in the House of Lords.

9. 19. The appliance of science

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 25 September 2004 A MANCHESTER school that encourages girls to succeed in the world of science has been praised by Education Minister Ivan Lewis.

10. 20. Clarke slams fee rebels

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 March 2004 EDUCATION Secretary Charles Clarke today attacked an "ill-conceived" amendment, supported by some Labour backbenchers, to scupper his top-up fees Bill.

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