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Midlands education http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/11/21/10m-funding-for-primary-schools-in-wolvergampton-66331-22309383/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:40:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/11/21/10m-funding-for-primary-schools-in-wolvergampton-66331-22309383/ PRIMARY schools in Wolverhampton have been given £10m of funding to be spent over the next two years. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/11/20/sandwell-dudley-shropshire-and-herefordshire-want-a-university-66331-22303841/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:15:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/11/20/sandwell-dudley-shropshire-and-herefordshire-want-a-university-66331-22303841/ FOUR places in the West Midlands have expressed an interest in opening a new university, Skills Secretary John Denham announced. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/10/25/kids-are-scared-of-being-clever-66331-22117519/ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/10/25/kids-are-scared-of-being-clever-66331-22117519/ FEAR of being branded a brainy boffin is causing kids to fail in Midland schools, experts have warned. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/10/14/midland-headteacher-resigns-over-sex-film-row-66331-22031826/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/10/14/midland-headteacher-resigns-over-sex-film-row-66331-22031826/ A MIDLAND headteacher has resigned after a row over a sex film. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/10/06/parents-have-stopped-reading-books-to-their-children-66331-21972847/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:48:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/10/06/parents-have-stopped-reading-books-to-their-children-66331-21972847/ A BOOK at bedtime with mum or dad was a traditional part of family life for generations of children. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/09/15/toxic-classroom-scare-in-midlands-66331-21821286/ Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:38:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/09/15/toxic-classroom-scare-in-midlands-66331-21821286/ NURSERY and primary school children are being exposed to potentially deadly chemicals in their classrooms. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/09/11/big-bang-machine-is-absolutely-safe-66331-21797392/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:45:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/09/11/big-bang-machine-is-absolutely-safe-66331-21797392/ Scientists insisted tonight that the most powerful particle accelerator ever built is "absolutely safe". http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/09/08/ed-balls-defends-government-decisions-66331-21702868/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:10:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/09/08/ed-balls-defends-government-decisions-66331-21702868/ SCHOOLS Secretary Ed Balls has defended the Government's decision to stage a Cabinet meeting and undertake a series of ministerial visits in the West Midlands. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/09/03/writing-scheme-aims-to-boost-standards-in-telford-and-wrekin-trial-66331-21664515/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:29:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/09/03/writing-scheme-aims-to-boost-standards-in-telford-and-wrekin-trial-66331-21664515/ SCHOOLS in Telford and Wrekin are piloting a Government scheme to improve writing amongst primary school children. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/22/hard-working-birmingham-duo-bag-27-a-gcse-s-66331-21584850/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:46:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/22/hard-working-birmingham-duo-bag-27-a-gcse-s-66331-21584850/ TWO Birmingham friends have notched up a total of 27 A* grade GCSEs between them. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/22/sutton-coldfield-pupil-achieves-11-a-s-despite-undergoing-foot-operation-66331-21584821/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:40:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/22/sutton-coldfield-pupil-achieves-11-a-s-despite-undergoing-foot-operation-66331-21584821/ A talented student from Sutton Coldfield who in the months before her GSCE exams had an major operation to allow her to walk without pain has scooped 11 A*s. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/22/birmingham-pupil-gets-17-high-grade-gcse-s-66331-21584760/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:27:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/22/birmingham-pupil-gets-17-high-grade-gcse-s-66331-21584760/ A pupil at Turves Green Girls' School in Northfield, Birmingham, has achieved 17 high-grade GCSEs. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/15/walsall-student-emma-davies-celebrates-six-a-grades-at-a-level-66331-21538921/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:18:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/15/walsall-student-emma-davies-celebrates-six-a-grades-at-a-level-66331-21538921/ WALSALL student Emma Davies is celebrating after scooping six A grades at A-level. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/15/west-midlands-a-level-mix-up-66331-21538780/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:02:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/15/west-midlands-a-level-mix-up-66331-21538780/ ELEVEN A-level English students from the West Midlands had to wait all day to get their correct results after they were given the wrong mark. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/primary-pupils-fail-to-master-the-3-rs-66331-21501328/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:10:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/primary-pupils-fail-to-master-the-3-rs-66331-21501328/ Around 220,000 11-year-olds are still failing to master at least one of the three basic subjects of reading, writing and arithmetic, tests results published today show. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/tories-offer-vouchers-to-buy-school-place-66331-21501317/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:08:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/tories-offer-vouchers-to-buy-school-place-66331-21501317/ Parents will be given a "voucher" so they can shop around to buy their children a school place under a Conservative government, the party's schools spokesman has said. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/ex-burglar-offered-study-place-66331-21501316/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:03:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/ex-burglar-offered-study-place-66331-21501316/ A Bradford student rejected by a London medical college because of his criminal record has been given a conditional offer by a different university. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/bad-spelling-should-be-accepted-66331-21501308/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:59:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/bad-spelling-should-be-accepted-66331-21501308/ Common spelling mistakes should be accepted into everyday use, not corrected, a lecturer has said. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/pupils-have-results-but-not-ets-66331-21501307/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:52:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/pupils-have-results-but-not-ets-66331-21501307/ School test contractor ETS has lost the marks achieved by a primary school's pupils in their maths test. http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/teens-test-results-to-be-issued-66331-21501300/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:49:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/midlands-education-news/2008/08/08/teens-test-results-to-be-issued-66331-21501300/ The government is to publish the annual snapshot of teenagers' national curriculum test results in England, even though many are still missing.