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
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 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
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.
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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
The creation of eight new academy schools in Birmingham has been put on hold after council leaders refused to write off £1.3 million in school debts and raised serious concerns over the lease of buildings to the new institutions.
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