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1. 1. £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".

2. 2. 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.

3. 3. 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.

4. 4. 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.

5. 5. 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.

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.

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