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1. 11. Class act lifts school

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 19 May 2004 A TROUBLED school is finally taking off - thanks to kindhearts at Manchester Airport. Education inspectors branded Haveley Hey primary school in Benchill, Wythenshawe, a failure two years ago.

2. 12. MPs' fears on faith schools

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 14 May 2004 A REPORT on race problems in Oldham recommends that no more religious schools should be built unless they promote multi-cultural education.

3. 13. Leaping ahead of its rivals

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 04 May 2004 CHEADLE-based education and training firm Nord Anglia is to buy Leapfrog nurseries, in a '60m deal which will make it the biggest nursery place-provider in the United Kingdom.

4. 14. boring

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 03 May 2004 EDUCATION Secretary Charles Clarke has welcomed an increase of 2,700 teachers in north west schools over the past seven years.

5. 15. Recluse's £1.3m gift for school

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 17 May 2004 A RECLUSE has left '1.3m to Manchester Grammar School. after hearing a radio programme 10 years ago about an appeal for '10m to pay for students whose families could not afford its fees.

6. 16. Pupils get time off to learn a trade

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 10 May 2004 CHILDREN as young as 14 will be able to take two days off school each week to learn a trade, under a scheme being launched by ministers today.

7. 17. School goes continental

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 May 2004 A MANCHESTER high school is to adopt a continental-style timetable. Parents, staff, present and future pupils at Burnage High voted in favour of a working day that begins at 8.05am and ends at 1.45pm, followed by half an hour for lunch.

8. 18. Harpurhey, the worst place in England

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 May 2004 THE Manchester district of Harpurhey has been named as the most deprived neighbourhood in England in a government study. It gets the unwanted tag in a report for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

9. 19. Pupils set the test for headteacher

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 18 May 2004 WHEN the new headteacher of Aspinal Primary School arrives he should get a warm welcome from the pupils - because they helped to choose him.

10. 20. Children and parents urged to walk to school

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 May 2004 Millions of schoolchildren and parents are being encouraged to leave the car at home for National Walk to School Week, beginning today.

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