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1. 1. Small gem of advice

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 30 June 2005 SHE asked a generation what they had done to make themselves proud, and now Heather Small is determined to inspire young women in Manchester secondary schools to turn the tables on the record industry.

2. 2. Third of teenagers ignore study grant

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 June 2005 MORE than one in three teenagers eligible for a government grant to help them with their studies have shunned the scheme.

3. 3. Salford pupils most likely to be expelled

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 June 2005 CHILDREN are more likely to be kicked out of school for poor behaviour in Salford than anywhere else in the country, according to new government figures.

4. 4. Holiday 'truants' facing big fines

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 June 2005 PARENTS in Manchester have been issued with 133 fines for allowing their children to miss school - some for being on holiday in term-time. Many more will return from their summer holidays nationally to fines of up to £100.

5. 5. Closure threat for 'too small' school

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 01 June 2005 A SCHOOL in Trafford faces closure because its classes are too small. A third of desks at 106-pupil Woodsend Primary, in Flixton, stand empty and the smallest class has only 10 pupils.

6. 6. Gareth makes the grade

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 13 June 2005 GARETH Hughes has just sat nine GCSEs and is confident of getting good grades. He has been offered a college place to study English, French and Music. But his achievement is remarkable as Gareth, 16, from Little Hulton, Salford, is totally blind.

7. 7. Row erupts over uniform cuts

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 01 June 2005 A MOVE to stop cash grants for school uniforms to more than 10,000 families by the Labour-led city council has been condemned as "taking blazers off the backs of kids".

8. 8. Jet-set head to swap seaside for Salford

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 07 June 2005 THE working week starts at 6.15am each Monday with a flight from Gatwick to Manchester Airport for Salford head teacher Antony Edkins. Now he is so impressed with Salford and the north west that his family is to move to Eccles in September and he is hoping to negotiate an extension to his three-year contract, which started nine months ago.

9. 9. Kelly hours 'will turn schools into child-minders'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 13 June 2005 A MANCHESTER headteacher has criticised government plans to turn schools into a "child-minding service" with early opening and later closing.

10. 10. Pupils could face longer school days

    Manchester Evening News, Sunday 12 June 2005 PLANS to shake up the school day so children can arrive early and stay longer received a cautious welcome from teaching unions.

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