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Mentors teach a valuable lesson

Rose Banwell with Antony Sanderson

5:06pm Thursday 4th February 2010

A Bradford secondary school is pairing teenagers with professionals in a mentoring scheme to raise their aspirations.

School makes lessons clearer

Awais Mohammed signs with head teacher Sue Wood in one of Girlington Primary School’s new classrooms

9:10am Thursday 4th February 2010

A revolution in the education of hearing-impaired children has started in Bradford.

MPs bid to stop university fee capping

Ann Cryer MP

7:48am Friday 29th January 2010

MPs are demanding student tuition fees are capped and a graduate tax introduced to allow more Bradford students to go to university.

Old schools must be front of class

Lilycroft headteacher Nicola Roth

10:14am Monday 25th January 2010

Multi-million pound funding to build new schools in Bradford would be better spent on reviving or extending old, architecturally rich school buildings, according to a new report.

Young teachers aim for inner-city headships

Luke Sparkes (left) and Sajid Hussain

1:50pm Sunday 24th January 2010

Two ambitious teachers are gunning for inner-city headship jobs by taking a fast-track course to the top.

School cohesion moves defended

Councillor David Ward

6:56pm Wednesday 20th January 2010

Education chiefs have defended attempts to boost community cohesion in Bradford after a report claimed the district had some of the most segregated schools in the country.

Special school to mark 'end of an era' as it closes

Acting deputy head Rachel Goulcher and acting head teacher Louise Shinn at Lister Lane Special School

2:56pm Wednesday 20th January 2010

Former pupils and staff are reuniting to mark the closure of a Bradford school, thought to be one of the first built in England for children with physical disabilities.

Pair will head special teams

Sue Wright, left, and Anne Lomas

7:19pm Tuesday 19th January 2010

Two key appointments have been made to lead new education services for children with special needs in the Bradford district.

Struggling school now doing better

Headteacher Peter Gibbons said staff had responded well to the Ofsted report and the bid to improve the school

11:06am Tuesday 19th January 2010

A Bradford primary school has been rewarded by inspectors who have lifted it out of the failing special measures category.

GSCE results hit a new record in city

Trish McCarthy, head-teacher at Greenhead High School, Keighley, celebrates results with students

4:30am Thursday 14th January 2010

Bradford schools are celebrating a fourth successive year of record GCSE results.

Schools battle to stay open for exams

9:00am Tuesday 12th January 2010

Secondary schools are battling through the freezing weather conditions to remain open for hundreds of teenagers taking exams this month.

College busts its budget by £600,000

Councillor Michael Kelly, the Council’s executive member for services to children and young people

11:05am Friday 8th January 2010

The Bradford Council-run school with the biggest debt is Immanuel College, Thackley, new figures have revealed.



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