Recent reports suggest that more and more of England’s poorest youngsters are now going to university. This is good news but in stark contrast the entrants from wealthy backgrounds are three times more likely to win a place. The numbers are up by 30% of those from poor area going to university [...]
One of the most popular social networking site facebook has been inundated with an online protest as thousands of teenagers launch a attack about a Biology A-level exam paper that they claim to be unfair.
In the latest uproar another protest is raising concerns about a OCR A-Level biology taken on Monday. More [...]
Over the last decade the government set up a programme called Sure Start Children’s centres aimed at reaching disadvantaged families but a recent government watchdog has found that this target is still being missed and the centres are struggling to help where it’s needed most. Ministers have agreed to spend a extra £79m a year [...]
In a storm hitting politics about education as the results of GCSE and A-Level League tables are published – Liberal Democrats have claimed that Labour has neglected hundreds of thousands of students in towns across England whilst ploughing money into schools in inner cities. The table show that state schools in the inner city [...]
With the demand in universities rising, up to 200,000 prospective students are likely to miss out on a place this year. This equates to a third of all applicants. Recent statistics reveal record number of people taking up places at universities to further their education and qualifications as the competition in the job [...]