University degrees system ‘descending into a farce’

9:50am Friday 18th July 2008

THE UK’s university degree classification system is “descending into farce”, a North Yorkshire MP and former head teacher has said.

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An excellent way to help your pupils

1:49pm Thursday 17th July 2008

A PRIMARY school has become the first in York to be given a new type of award for learning.

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School shows it’s got the X-factor

2:05pm Thursday 17th July 2008

HAS St Joseph’s RC Primary School, in Pickering, got talent?

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Everything in our garden’s lovely!

1:50pm Thursday 17th July 2008

BECKY Storey, an assistant at the Happy Jays Nursery, is pictured in the nursery’s garden with, from left, Harry Price, Riley Mills, Millie Price and Libby Reynolds-Harding.

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Pupils breaking sweat

11:36am Wednesday 16th July 2008

A group of schoolboys are putting the attitude back into dance. Education reporter HAYDN LEWIS found out about the team from York’s All Saints’ RC School who have scooped a top national title for breakdancing.

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Pupils in fair effort

10:54am Wednesday 16th July 2008

STUDENTS from Applefields Special School, in York, are holding a summer fair on Saturday.

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A degree for Doctor John

10:53am Wednesday 16th July 2008

HE has become one of the most famous and respected religious figures in the UK, cut up his dog collar on live TV, done a charity parachute jump – and now the Archbishop of York has been awarded an honorary degree.

Out of Africa, into the class

2:48pm Tuesday 15th July 2008

A GROUP of teachers from west Africa has visited two primary schools in York to share ideas about education.

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Pupils on top form

2:21pm Tuesday 15th July 2008

PARENTS at a York secondary school heard how the school has notched up another outstanding year.

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New diplomas signal school timetable switch

9:38am Tuesday 15th July 2008

SOME pupils at York secondary schools will be spending one day a week in another school from September.

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Prue to serve up food advice

5:30pm Monday 14th July 2008

PRUE LEITH, the queen of school dinners, is coming to York to serve up grub for school heads.

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School rewards its prize pupils

11:41am Monday 14th July 2008

YORK High School has held its first annual prize-giving ceremony at York Racecourse.

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Pupils enjoy day down on the farm

10:11am Monday 14th July 2008

YOUNGSTERS who won a school lunch competition have been able to treat their classmates to a day on the farm and in the fields learning about the journey their food takes from field to fork.

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Food for thought

12:52pm Saturday 12th July 2008

ENTERPRISING youngsters at a North Yorkshire secondary school have been coming up with their own version of school dinners.

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