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Term-time holidays a ‘small part’ of attendance woes – minister

Catherine McKinnell says she’s focused on children who regularly miss ‘significant amounts of school’

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Fired up with a host of new skills

Learners from a London school know how to use ladders, hoses and breathing apparatus after a week’s fire training…

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East End pair raise funds on a bicycle built for two

A partially sighted teenager has completed a 60km charity cycle ride on a tandem with one of his teachers….

Nicky Phillips

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Nicky Phillips

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Joshua heads for the bright lights

An 18-year-old Birmingham pupil is set to tread the boards with the help of an Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation…

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Nicky Phillips

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In a flash: Priory Witham students show off their love of books

A Lincoln academy turned its students into a live flash mob to mark the opening of a new £8,000 library…

Billy Camden

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The Weald switches on the power to take chequered flag

Pupils from The Weald School in West Sussex sped to glory in an international car racing competition last week….

Nicky Phillips

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Nicky Phillips

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Pupils go wild with new playground

Pupils at a central London primary had a big say in the design of their new playground, opened recently…

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