Minister warns schools accused of breaking law on admissions

Minister warns schools accused of breaking law on admissions

Ministers have warned schools they will crack down on any breaches of a new admissions code after it emerged that nearly 80 schools have been reported to the admissions watchdog and accused of covertly selecting more able students.

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Very rich get richer under Labour

The very rich have grown richer at double the pace of most Britons under Labour and their incomes may have accelerated further in recent years on the back of a rising stock market, research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows.

Read more on this story in The Financial Times today

Middle class ‘monopolise’ the best schools

Middle-class parents obsessed with Ofsted reports and league tables are colonising the best primary schools, forcing poorer children into failing schools and ruining their chances in life, researchers claim.

The Cambridge Primary Review – the biggest study of primary schools for decades – recommends that catchment areas should be scrapped because only wealthy parents can afford to buy houses next to the best primaries. Instead, oversubscribed schools would use a lottery system.

Read more on this story in The Times today

Law change threat to stop binge drinking

Ministers are threatening to change the law to stop supermarkets advertising beer and wine at bargain prices in a bid to tackle the epidemic of binge drinking sweeping Britain.

Read more on this story in The Daily Telegraph today