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Parklands school no longer failing

A CITY comprehensive has completed its dramatic road to recovery after confirmation its failing tag has been torn up by government inspectors.Read

Consortium for St Helens £150m schools revamp named

THE consortium to lead a £150m transformation of St Helens’s secondary schools has been appointed.Read

Egg and flour fight by pupils at Wirral’s Calday Grange Grammar takes bus out of service

A BUS had to be taken out of service for almost a week when “mindless” students at a top-performing Mersey grammar school staged an egg and flour fight.Read

Students cannot get on Liverpool John Moores University degree courses because they are not from overseas

CITY students whose courses are being scrapped were refused alternative places because they are not foreign.Read

Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ school in Crosby to rise up league tables after government pledge

A LEADING Merseyside school is set to take its rightful place at the top of official school charts after it was confirmed international GCSEs will be included in annual league tables.Read

Liverpool John Moores University defends plan to axe politics and geography degrees

LIVERPOOL John Moores University last night said it has “ a reputation as a progressive, forward-thinking university” and “in order to maintain this, we must constantly review our courses to ensure they meet market needs, where necessary closing programmes which have low student numbers”.Read

Liverpool headteachers attack projected £4m loss in education grant cuts

HEADTEACHERS fear the city’s most vulnerable children will suffer after it emerged Liverpool is set to lose £4m in education grant funding.Read

Broadgreen Primary School consults over trust status

A LIVERPOOL primary school is set to bolster Merseyside’s first charitable trust.Read

Hope University academic attacks ‘meaningless’ degree comparison

A LIVERPOOL academic has branded comparisons of university degrees as “meaningless”.Read

Pupils at business-backed south Liverpool academy to receive free uniforms

EVERY pupil at a new £25m business-backed school will receive free uniform to mark its fresh start.Read

Nicholas Fleming head teacher at Fazakerley high school

Liverpool schools set to turn away community groups to avoid bill of tens of thousands

CITY schools are set to turn away groups ranging from girl guides to junior footballers because they face a bill of tens of thousands just for opening up.Read

Disparity between Liverpool and other university cash donations revealed

A HUGE disparity between cash donations made to the regions’ universities emerged today.Read

Newton-le-Willow’s singer Olivia Archbold comes within whisker of Britain’s Got Talent final

MERSEYSIDE singing sensation Olivia Archbold was left thinking “What if?” after narrowly missing out on a place in the final of Britain’s Got Talent.Read

The schools subject to the PFI contract include:

Broadgreen International School;Read

Lecturer at Ormskirk’s Edge Hill university to share expertise on Eurovision Song Contest

AN EDGE Hill university lecturer is to share his knowledge of the Eurovision Song Contest.Read

Pupils spearhead Halton council seatbelt campaign

PUPILS are spearheading a Halton road safety campaign to encourage youngsters to fasten their seatbelts.Read

Wirral's Calday Grange grammar school in bid to dissolve trust status after head suspended

A WIRRAL grammar school at the centre of a legal threat over its suspended headteacher is to abandon its trust status.Read

Unions claim SATs boycott victory in Liverpool and Merseyside amid patchy response

MERSEYSIDE’S teaching union officials last night claimed a boycott of tests had been a success – despite headteachers in some local authorities refusing to support the snub.Read

Standard Assessment Tests defined

ACCORDING to the Department for Children Schools and Families, the Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) are designed to measure children’s performance and progress.Read

Ormskirk’s Edge Hill University offers poetry scholarship

BUDDING poets are being offered a new university scholarship to help their writing careers flourish.Read

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