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Useful education links for 24th-31st May

Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between 24th-31st May 2013.  Apprenticeships attract 11 applications per vacancy (BBC News) Figures released this week  by the National Apprenticeship Service has found that a record 11 applications are … Continue reading

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Useful education links from 17th-24th May

Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 26th April and 17th-24th May 2013.  More than 300,000 children missing school every day  (The Telegraph) More than 300,000 school children miss school every day according to … Continue reading

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MAPPED: How many hours do children spend at school around the world?

Tweet Recently proposed reforms could allow UK state schools to stay open until 4:30pm each day with pupils taking shorter, four-week summer holidays to spend more time in the classroom. We’ve mapped the amount of hours pupils across the world spend … Continue reading

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Free school meals in Scottish primary schools – data visualisation

TweetWe’ve helped scrape data on free school meals in Scottish schools for The Scotsman’s new data blog. As the percentage of pupils registered for free school meals is an indicator of deprivation (although it has notable flaws*) it provides one … Continue reading

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