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1. 21. Smiles as nursery is saved

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 June 2004 PARENTS are celebrating after education bosses were told to keep open a town's last nursery school. The Office of the Schools Adjudicator said Rochdale council's case for closing Sunny Brow in Middleton was "too weak" to succeed, marking the end of a massive campaign by parents, teachers and governors.

2. 22. Arndale joins truancy battle

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 June 2004 SECURITY guards at Manchester Arndale Centre are to get tough on truants by reporting them to education bosses. Guards will have the right to stop and question all school-age children in the centre during school hours.

3. 23. University hopefuls to apply after A-level results

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 13 September 2004 TEENAGERS will apply to university after they get their A-level results in future under radical plans backed by Education Secretary Charles Clarke today.

4. 24. Schools out for Nord Anglia in £11.9m deal

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 June 2004 CHEADLE-based education and training firm Nord Anglia has sold its UK schools for '11.9m. The company, which is now the nursery-place market leader in the UK and runs the elite Princess Christian nursery chain, announced earlier this year that it intended to dispose of its UK schools division because it is no longer core to its strategy.

5. 25. Faith schools' free bus blow

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 04 August 2004 HUMAN rights laws will make it illegal for local education authorities to lay on free buses exclusively for children from religious families to attend faith schools, a parliamentary committee warned today.

6. 26. College is a shining example

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 01 December 2004 GOVERNMENT minister Kim Howells called for greater investment in further education colleges during a visit to Bury.

7. 27. Exams shake-up to boost core skills

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 18 October 2004 EDUCATION reformer Mike Tomlinson today defended his planned shake-up of the system for 14 to 19-year-olds and insisted the aim was to improve literacy and numeracy.

8. 28. 'The key to saving initiatives is to plan now for the future'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 July 2004 THE growing financial burden of higher education means long-term forward planning is more important then ever. The cost of a university education has become an issue for all the family and there are a variety of options they can take to fill the educational gap.

9. 29. 500 slip through crime checks

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 20 October 2004 HUNDREDS of education staff working with children in Greater Manchester have not undergone criminal background checks.

10. 30. Furniture courses shelved by college

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 11 October 2004 STUDENTS at a Manchester college claim they have been dumped by education bosses after being told two degree courses are being scrapped just a few weeks into term.

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