UK & West Midlands education news, schools

EBaccs to replace GCSE exams Sep 17 2012

The GCSE exam for 16-year-old children in England is to be replaced by an English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBacc), with the first courses to begin in September 2015, it has been announced.Read

International head takes reins of Jewellery Quarter college Sep 13 2012

A head teacher used to educating pupils in Africa and the Far East has taken the top job at a city centre college.Read

Birmingham City University's city centre campus plan to go ahead Sep 13 2012

BIRMINGHAM City University has been given the go ahead to build a new £123 million city centre campus amid angry protests from students.Read

Michael Gove anger at 'betrayal' of academy opponents Sep 07 2012

Education Secretary Michael Gove has hit out at parents and teachers who are against academy status, branding their opposition a “betrayal”.Read

Exclusive: 62 Midland colleges banned from accepting non EU students by UK Border Agency Sep 06 2012

A shocking 62 colleges in the Midlands have been banned from accepting foreign students from outside the EU.Read

Free school Perry Beeches II opens in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter Sep 03 2012

Birmingham's first city centre school for more than a decade has opened to pupils. Read

Handsworth head teacher who campaigned to save grammar schools retires Aug 31 2012

A Birmingham headmistress who was at the forefront of the campaign to save the grammar school system is set to retire after two decades at the top.Read

West Midlands business leaders disappointed in drop in GCSE grades Aug 24 2012

West Midlands business leaders have said they are disappointed in the first fall in GCSE A*-C grades for 24 years and the results would not help ensure school leavers are ‘work ready’.Read

Birmingham pupils celebrate as GCSE results show improvement Aug 23 2012

BIRMINGHAM schoolchildren are celebrating a bumper crop of GCSE results. Read

Birmingham schools celebrate GCSE results Aug 23 2012

Birmingham schools are celebrating record-breaking results in this year’s GCSE exams.Read

Kings Norton pupil in Paralympic reporting challenge Aug 16 2012

A Birmingham pupil will be swapping his school books for a shorthand notepad when he becomes a roving reporter during the Paralympic Games.Read

Wait is over for A-level students Aug 16 2012

The anxious wait is finally over as students across the West Midlands find out how they have fared in their A-levels.Read

Probe at Wolverhampton college over truancy rates among overseas students Aug 12 2012

A West Midlands college has stopped taking on international students after an internal investigation revealed they had a chronic pattern of truancy – with some staying on in the country illegally. Read

Top view as Aston University campus towers take shape Aug 10 2012

A construction milestone on a new £214 million building programme at a city university has been reached..Read

City university braced for clearing scramble Aug 09 2012

A Birmingham university is bracing itself for thousands of calls in the annual scramble for last-minute university places.Read

School at Yardley Swan Centre offices refused planning permission Aug 06 2012

COUNCIL planners have decided they would rather risk costly legal action than approve a school without a playground at a busy Birmingham shopping centre.Read