http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ Liverpool Daily Post for the latest Liverpool & Merseyside news Liverpool FC news, Everton FC news, sports and entertainment from the European Capital of Culture 2008 en-gb Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk no Liverpool Daily Post for the latest Liverpool & Merseyside news Liverpool FC news, Everton FC news, sports and entertainment from the European Capital of Culture 2008 liverpool fc news, everton fc news, Liverpool business news, liverpool news, liverpool daily post, Liverpool golf, everton fc, liverpool fc, daily post, European Capital of Culture 2008, Entertainment news, lfc, efc http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/education-news/2008/04/11/st-helens-students-win-in-schools-choice-64375-20749835/ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/education-news/2008/04/11/st-helens-students-win-in-schools-choice-64375-20749835/ MORE St Helens students won a place in their preferred schools than anywhere else in the North West. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/education-news/2008/03/24/liverpool-s-first-business-academy-is-on-the-way-64375-20665634/ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:08:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/education-news/2008/03/24/liverpool-s-first-business-academy-is-on-the-way-64375-20665634/ A U-TURN BY a Catholic school governing body has paved the way for Liverpool’s first business academy. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/education-news/2008/03/24/fingerprint-plan-for-liverpool-s-new-schools-64375-20665622/ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:03:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/education-news/2008/03/24/fingerprint-plan-for-liverpool-s-new-schools-64375-20665622/ HI-TECH fingerprint scanners could be installed at the doors of Liverpool’s rebuilt schools. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/national-education-news/2008/03/23/teachers-strike-likely-over-pay-rise-64375-20663811/ Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:01:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/national-education-news/2008/03/23/teachers-strike-likely-over-pay-rise-64375-20663811/ The Government is today urging teachers not to back strike action, warning it will only achieve “disruption to children’s learning”. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/national-education-news/2008/03/23/teachers-demand-20-pupils-per-class-limit-64375-20663807/ Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:57:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/national-education-news/2008/03/23/teachers-demand-20-pupils-per-class-limit-64375-20663807/ Children are suffering from the “national scandal” of lessons taught in large classes, with even older pupils losing concentration in big groups, ministers were warned today. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/national-education-news/2008/02/18/union-fears-over-levels-of-asbestos-in-schools-64375-20488183/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:36:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/national-education-news/2008/02/18/union-fears-over-levels-of-asbestos-in-schools-64375-20488183/ Putting a drawing pin into a classroom wall could leave children at risk of lethal exposure to asbestos, a teachers’ union warned today. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/education-news/2008/02/18/cambridge-university-promises-to-make-it-easier-to-apply-64375-20488181/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:35:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/education-news/2008/02/18/cambridge-university-promises-to-make-it-easier-to-apply-64375-20488181/ One of the UK’s leading universities today announced plans to make it easier for sixth-formers to apply. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/national-education-news/2008/02/18/plan-to-drop-oral-exams-in-languages-revealed-64375-20488179/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:32:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/national-education-news/2008/02/18/plan-to-drop-oral-exams-in-languages-revealed-64375-20488179/ Oral tests look set to be dropped from GCSE language exams because they are “too stressful”, it emerged today. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/national-education-news/2008/02/08/children-in-england-start-school-too-early-claims-report-64375-20450553/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:45:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/national-education-news/2008/02/08/children-in-england-start-school-too-early-claims-report-64375-20450553/ Children in England may be starting school too young and face a system “uniquely” obsessed with high-pressure tests, research found today. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/education-news/2008/01/19/ministers-want-to-put-knife-detectors-in-liverpool-schools-64375-20371924/ Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/education-news/2008/01/19/ministers-want-to-put-knife-detectors-in-liverpool-schools-64375-20371924/ Airport-style metal detectors are to be installed at hundreds of schools in a new drive to curb the rise of youth knife crime, it was revealed last night.