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1. 1. Diploma snub worry for education chiefs

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 February 2005 THE decision not to replace A-levels and GCSEs with an "over-arching diploma" has sparked disappointment and concern among education and business leaders.

2. 2. Kelly faces storm as A-levels stay

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 February 2005 A-LEVELS and GCSEs are not being scrapped, but will be made more difficult under an education shake-up.

3. 3. School leaving age 'will be 18'

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 February 2005 THE school leaving age will be effectively raised to 18 according to Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.

4. 4. Kelly risks showdown by axing reforms

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 21 February 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly will risk a confrontation with schools this week when she rejects plans for the most radical reforms of English education for 60 years.

5. 5. Row over state school 'fees'

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 09 February 2005 PARENTS at Manchester's most successful state school are being asked to pay '1,230-a-year towards the education of their children.

6. 6. School meals shake-up

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 10 February 2005 SCHOOL dinners are to be made healthier, Education Secretary Ruth Kelly revealed today.

7. 7. Kelly heading for exam showdown

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 13 February 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly is heading for a major row with schools over plans for reforming exams, head teachers have warned.

8. 8. 'Get tough' call on rowdy schoolkids

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 01 February 2005 PLANS for a "zero tolerance" approach to bad behaviour in schools will include metal detectors, random drug tests and fines for parents.

9. 9. Truant target missed

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 February 2005 TRUANCY figures have not been reduced even though the government has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on measures to reduce absence from school, according to a new report.

10. 10. Heads slam school 'cash cuts'

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 February 2005 MANCHESTER is withholding '8.8m of government money from the city's primary schools, the headteachers' union said today.

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