March 30
2006
Same facts, different story
» Posted on March 30, 2006 08:22 AM » Category: Education

This is the same story, based on the same figures:

Academies among worse schools in England

Rebecca Smithers
Thursday March 30, 2006

More than half the government's flagship city academies are today listed among the worst schools in the country in new league tables, despite some year-on-year improvement in their pupils' performance in the core subjects in national tests.

(The Guardian)

Academies help pupils to raise their game in exams

By Tony Halpin, Education Editor

STANDARDS in city academies are rising faster than in any other type of secondary school, according to a study published today.


(The Times)

(BTW, the Guardian's sub must have been educated at one of them, since he or she does not know the difference between worse and worst.)


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