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School league tables show 107 secondaries are failing

More than 100 secondary schools in England face being closed and re-opened as academies for failing government targets, official data reveals.

League tables of more than 3,300 secondaries published by the Department for Education on Thursday show that 107 schools… Continue reading

Britons ‘more dishonest than 10 years ago’, study finds and younger people are the most dishonest.

Britons ‘more dishonest than 10 years ago’, study finds

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Only one in three people were prepared to condemn lying in their own interests

Britons are less honest than they were a decade ago, research by academics at the University of… Continue reading

Education minister Nick Gibb claims celebrity culture and obsession with wealth is harming children – Telegraph

British children are growing up in an “destructive” society obsessed with the celebrity way of life and need to be taught to live within their means, an education minister has warned.
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In an attack on contemporary values, Nick… Continue reading

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‘Bankruptcy light’ hits young people

The “bleak” financial situation faced by the younger generation was laid bare today, as official figures showed that more people aged 25 to 34 are turning to a type of insolvency known as a debt relief order (DRO) than any… Continue reading

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Generation Y: they don’t live for work … they work to live

Settling down on the shiny black sofa in the front room of their student house in Jesmond, Newcastle, Ailsa McNeil and her flatmates discuss what they would do once they had left university.

‘The idea of moving into the financial… Continue reading

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