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MPs urged to scrap grammar schools

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  • Tuesday, September 8, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Grammar schools could be abolished within three years at no cost to the taxpayer, a report by campaign group Comprehensive Future has claimed.

MP says vetting changes needed

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  • Monday, January 11, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Further changes need to be made to the vetting and barring scheme to ensure those working with children are not adversely affected, a Labour MP has said.

Analysis: Investment in 'play for play's sake'

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  • Tuesday, April 8, 2008
  • | CYP Now
England's play strategy Fair Play, out now for consultation, aims to dramatically improve children's playgrounds and develop the play workforce. Cathy Wallace looks at how it proposes to do so and gauges the reaction from experts in the field.

Educational breaks: Ten ideas for Holiday Trips

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  • Tuesday, March 24, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Stumped for ideas on where to take children and young people for a stimulating, educational holiday? Tom de Castella offers ten suggestions suitable for a range of interests and budgets.

Tories consider splitting DCSF

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  • Tuesday, September 29, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Sector leaders have expressed alarm at the potential break-up of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) under a Tory government after it emerged the shadow children's secretary was in favour of an independent education department.

Parents in limbo on Isle of Wight

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  • Tuesday, January 22, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Isle of Wight Council has been bombarded with calls from anxious parents wanting to change their stated preference of schools for September after it emerged that about half the primary schools on the island are to close (CYP Now, 16-22 January).

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