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Low-quality nursery food warning

8 hours 35 min ago
Nursery food is poor and could be subjected to new nutritional guidelines, a government-commissioned report says.

Expats wait for pensions verdict

8 hours 44 min ago
More than half a million UK pensioners living overseas will find if they have won an appeal against freezing of their pensions.

Care order fees to be abolished

Mon, 2010-03-15 22:35
Fees for bringing care and supervision cases to court are to be abolished, the Justice Secretary announces.

Balls supports 'pupil premiums'

Mon, 2010-03-15 16:13
Labour's Ed Balls stokes up the battle over school funding - putting forward his own plans for "pupil premiums" for poorer pupils.

Balls criticises Bulger comments

Mon, 2010-03-15 13:47
Children's Secretary Ed Balls criticises children's commissioner for "ill advised" comments about James Bulger's killers.

Universities heads' 'wages soar'

Mon, 2010-03-15 13:12
The pay of university heads has soared with some now earning more than the prime minister, a report says.

Schools 'force' young mothers out

Sun, 2010-03-14 00:12
Pregnant teenagers are being forced out of education due to a "lack of support", a children's charity claims.

Black fathers urged over children

Sun, 2010-03-14 00:00
Black fathers need to become more involved with their children to help tackle their social problems, an MP will say.

Five things

Sun, 2010-03-14 00:00
Lib Dem David Laws on what he has learned in life

Her Majesty invented the telephone, say schoolchildren

Sat, 2010-03-13 00:10
Children's strange misconceptions about science are revealed in a science knowledge quiz.

University targets

Sat, 2010-03-13 00:09
Is it a bad idea to send more children to university?

BNP teachers will not be banned

Fri, 2010-03-12 16:06
Members of the BNP or any group that might promote racism will not be banned from teaching in England, the government says.

Social care 'badly under-funded'

Fri, 2010-03-12 08:14
Adult social care in England is "chronically under-funded" and "severely rationed", a cross-party group of MPs says.

Cases of self-harming rise by 50%

Fri, 2010-03-12 08:09
The number of young people admitted to hospital after cutting themselves deliberately rises 50% in five years

Crackdown call over school cheats

Thu, 2010-03-11 17:57
Whistleblowing hotlines and random checks should be used to catch parents who cheat over school places, a report says.

News Day highlights

Thu, 2010-03-11 17:18
BBC's School Report featured a raft of highlights from 25,000 students who produced some amazing reports and features.

Back to school

Thu, 2010-03-11 16:16
Ex-footballer tells how he has overcome cancer

Up

Thu, 2010-03-11 13:19
Education spending has been rising for half a century

Patchy picture on school places

Thu, 2010-03-11 10:45
Most families in England were given their first choice of secondary school - but the picture is varied.

Say what? A guide to teen slang

Thu, 2010-03-11 10:05
School Reporters up and down the country have been asked about teenage slang in their school.