Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Tag - education

Emotional Rolf Harris picks up Hope University degree

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ARTIST and entertainer Rolf Harris had an emotional Australian Day when he picked up an honorary Hope University degree yesterday.

Father who took on Liverpool secondary St Edward’s College in Sandfield Park reveals anger at High Court defeat

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A FATHER left with a £26,000 legal bill, after trying in vain to get his child into a top Liverpool school, last night said parents should lie their way into securing a place.

Fire-ravaged Hope Chapel in Liverpool Childwall completes phoenix-style restoration

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:10:00 GMT

A SOUTH Liverpool landmark ravaged by fire has completed its phoenix-from-the-flames restoration.

Teaching plan ‘must add value’

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE proposed licence to teach must have real benefits for teachers and not become a new layer of bureaucracy, the head of the General Teaching Council said.

Obese pupils prompt review of way Knowsley schoolchildren get changed for PE

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT

CHANGING areas may be overhauled at primary schools so obese pupils do not shy away from exercise.

Liverpool GCSE pupils eclipse Wirral and national counterparts

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

LIVERPOOL pupils are beating both their Wirral and national counterparts, today’s GCSE performance tables show.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown to give laptops and broadband to 11,000 Liverpool and Merseyside families

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:40:00 GMT

UP TO 11,000 Merseyside families will receive free laptops and broadband internet at home, in a bid to close the huge achievement gap between rich and poor pupils.

Gritty Liverpool teachers ensure exams go head amid bad weather

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:30:00 GMT

MERSEYSIDE schools defied the ongoing bad weather to ensure thousands of pupils could begin their A-Levels as planned.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown's praise for improved Liverpool and Merseyside schools

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:00:00 GMT

GORDON BROWN last night toasted four Mersey schools as among the most improved in the country – just two years after threatening to axe them.

Liverpool and Merseyside schools hit out at rule which punishes them for opening in the snow

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:30:00 GMT

MERSEYSIDE headteachers have attacked rules which mean schools opening in the snow face being marked down for poor attendance.