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Thu, 09 May 2013 17:46:42 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 12:41:07 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/in-depth/uk-schools http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/indepth/ukschools http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/96234454-b8c5-11e2-a6ae-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The UK education secretary suggests most parents would wan their children to read George Eliot’sMiddlemarch rather than the vampire series Twilight Thu, 09 May 2013 17:46:42 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/96234454-b8c5-11e2-a6ae-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 96234454-b8c5-11e2-a6ae-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12112a22-9896-11e2-a853-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Independent schools in the north and the Midlands struggling to maintain pupil numbers are converting to free schools and 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Apr 2013 18:03:42 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62e24bfe-9bb4-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 62e24bfe-9bb4-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/775cc79e-9619-11e2-9ab2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Teaching body voices concern that Britain’s ‘stagnant career prospects’ would thwart ‘aspirations’ for bright graduates who wish to become teachers Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:20:24 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/775cc79e-9619-11e2-9ab2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 775cc79e-9619-11e2-9ab2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ccf8a4a-94ab-11e2-b822-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct General secretary of the ATL will swerve from her usual moderate stance to attack Mr Gove’s policies, which she says are ‘harming and undermining’ pupils Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ccf8a4a-94ab-11e2-b822-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8ccf8a4a-94ab-11e2-b822-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5c4d7a4a-8ccb-11e2-8ee0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Ministers must find 256,000 new places by the start of the 2014-15 academic year to accommodate a pupil surge, says the National Audit Office Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:01:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5c4d7a4a-8ccb-11e2-8ee0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5c4d7a4a-8ccb-11e2-8ee0-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3286f02-8b3d-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct DfE looks at using the capital markets to finance the majority of the 261 schools in its five-year priority refurbishment programme Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:27:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3286f02-8b3d-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c3286f02-8b3d-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5f4a042-82a0-11e2-8404-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Data from the Department for Education show a total deficit of 106,807 school places for 2014-15 with a squeeze on London, Manchester and Bristol Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:59:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5f4a042-82a0-11e2-8404-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d5f4a042-82a0-11e2-8404-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8a3f9ad4-7e91-11e2-9080-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct There are three free school applications per 1,000 16-year-olds in Greater London, but less than one application per 1,000 in the northeast Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:17:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8a3f9ad4-7e91-11e2-9080-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8a3f9ad4-7e91-11e2-9080-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b5ca2364-7e6d-11e2-9080-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct In a region generally lacking fast population growth, there are fears that creating new schools will take existing institutions’ pupils Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:17:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b5ca2364-7e6d-11e2-9080-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b5ca2364-7e6d-11e2-9080-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/166d033c-7c50-11e2-99f0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Institute of Education study reveals that the performance of UK students slips behind their Asian peers by the time they have finished their GCSEs Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:05:11 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/166d033c-7c50-11e2-99f0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 166d033c-7c50-11e2-99f0-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3502c2e0-7abc-11e2-9c88-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct In 2010, 103 of the 323 applicants were existing private schools, although that fell away to 10 per cent of 236 applications by 2012 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:02:59 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3502c2e0-7abc-11e2-9c88-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fin-depth_uk-schools%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3502c2e0-7abc-11e2-9c88-00144feabdc0