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"David Cameron doesn't just live "in London". He lives in SW1A 2AA. It's a nice area but according to The Good Schools Guide, it's not over-blessed as regards catchment areas."
Hugo Rifkind The Times 13/07/10
Vote! Vote! Vote! A humorous look at what the parties promise to deliver on schools and education if you put a cross by their name.
From our very own Janette Wallis in The Times Online
Tutors - The Times takes note of Good Schools Guide recommendations.
Mark Bridge reports in The Times
Sublime state schools lure pupils from private sector.
Nicola Woolcock, Education Correspondent for The Times, reports on the latest entrants to The Good Schools Guide.
Eton head, Tony Little, makes it big on pay.
Georgia Warren reports, in The Sunday Times, on inflation-busting pay rises at leading independent schools.
Why The Good Schools Guide is recommended as the place to plan your child's education.
Max Davidson in The Daily Telegraph.
Private school students jump ship to state sector at 16.
Graeme Paton, The Daily Telegraph's education editor, investigates this growing trend.
Schools admissions scandal - the ploys parents employ to secure coveted school places.
Julia Llewellyn Smith writing for The Sunday Telegraph reveals how parents sacrifice their souls in 'The great school scam'.
Credit crunch forces school closures.
Cassandra Jardine reports for The Daily Telegraph on private school grief as vulnerable independent schools fall victim to the credit crunch.
Mainstream schools fail special needs children
Madeleine Brettingham of The Times Educational Supplement reports on research findings by The Good Schools Guide.
Who needs boys?
Polly Curtis education editor of The Guardian suggests Girls do better at GCSE at single sex schools. The many comments suggest you mostly disagree!
School admissions fraud - why wanting the best brings out the worst.
On the day that Ed Balls asked the Chief Schools Adjudicator to review the fairness of the operation of random allocation to determine school admissions, Graeme Paton in The Daily Telegraph reports that school admissions fraud is on the increase.
Selling up or selling out?
Alexandra Frean education editor at The Times uncovers 25 independent schools with hidden 'For Sale' banners.
Think before you conceive.
With the help of research from The Good Schools Guide Simon Briscoe and Graeme Patten explain, in The Financial Times, why timing is all.
Private schools told to, 'let the poor in or risk being frozen out'.
Graeme Paton reports in The Daily Telegraph
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Tim Ross in The Evening Standard.
Recession forces many to forgo fee-paying education.
Neil Tweedies stark findings in The Daily Telegraph.
Are independent schools failing SEN pupils?
Nicola Woolcock discusses Good Schools Guide findings in The Times.
Single sex schools - outstanding performers or a dying breed?
David Turner and Stefan Stern report in The Financial Times.
Policing the places at top grammar schools.
The Daily Mail's Sarah Harris on the latest playground battles.
The costs and benefits of tutoring.
Explored and explained by Susannah Hickling in The Independent on Sunday.
Do schools hide their special needs to protect their league table position?
Nicola Woolcock reveals all in The Times.
Weaker pupils forced to enter as private candidates to preserve precious league table rankings.
According to Glen Owen in The Mail on Sunday.
Record numbers seek grammar school places.
Graeme Paton of The Daily Telegraph examines why places are increasingly coveted.
Schools crash and burn as The Credit Crunch Crisis deepens.
Laura Clark and Sarah Harris explain all in The Daily Mail.
Pre-preps preparing or pressurising?
The Daily Telegraph's Patrick Sawer examines the growing trend to teach and tutor tots.
Oxbridge or bias?
Research by Ralph Lucas is discussed in The Daily Mail.
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