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News & EventsNEWS - 10 jan 07 - School catchment areas to be scrappedIf you've worked hard to get yourself into an area where your child is assured of a good school to go to, you may be suprised to learn that school catchment areas are soon to be scrapped altogether. New admissions rules, published yesterday by Alan Johnson, the Education Secretary, suggest that head teachers in leafy suburbs should draw names from a hat to stop schools becoming monopolised by families who buy houses nearby. Schools are also banned from considering parents' backgrounds, interviewing families or pricing poor children out by ordering families to buy uniforms from expensive suppliers. The new code - which head teachers have to follow - is designed to eliminate selection "by the back door" and ensure all children have a fair chance of getting into their preferred school. A recent survey said that homes surrounding some of the best state secondary schools were up to £25,000 more expensive than those outside the catchment area. More: The Telegraph NEWS - 4 Jan 07 - Boys and girls need separate classes Boys should be taught separately to stop them falling further behind girls as part of an extensive overhaul of the education system, a powerful Government-backed review says today. Teachers should be encouraged to tailor classes to fit the needs of boys, with more emphasis on "competitive" lessons and the reading of non-fiction books, according to the review, chaired by Christine Gilbert, the head of Ofsted, the schools watchdog. The recommendation follows the publication of GCSE results last summer which showed that boys were achieving a level of performance that girls had reached seven years before. Today's report calls for a huge shake-up in the way education is delivered over the next 15 years to ensure that school leavers in 2020 have all the requisite skills. "It seems clear to us that the education system will not achieve the next 'step change' in raising standards simply by doing more of the same: a new approach is required," it says. More: www.telegraph.co.uk Previous News & EventsFebruary 2010November 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 January 2009 November 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 January 2008 January 2008 November 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 November 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 January 2005 January 2005 January 2005 |
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