Will Free Schools help to raise standards of education for our children?
Free Schools are all-ability state-funded schools set up in response to what local people say they want and need in order to improve education...
October 16, 2013
Vocational training
Should students be able to end academic education at 14 in favour of vocational training. Are less able students being pushed into vocational courses...
August 16, 2013
Church schools reserved places
Should Church schools limit the number of reserved places for families from the Church to no more than 10%? The Rt Revd John Pritchard,...
August 16, 2013
New School Buildings
Why is it so important to have new school buildings? Is it important that our children are provided with brand new schools with 21st...
July 16, 2013
What are your hopes for education under a new Government?
Funding is going to be a recurrent problem for education ministers including staffing, buildings, equipment and innovation. We asked our panel about what stance...
May 16, 2013
Do co-ed schools really work?
Co-ed schools are experimenting with separate classes for boys and girls, does this help pupils concentrate better without the destractions of the opposite sex?...
March 16, 2013
What does 2009 hold for Education in Merseyside?
2009 sees the continued roll-out of the Building Schools for the Future programme in Merseyside, we also find what else is happening in 2009....
January 3, 2009
SATS – are they relevant?
SATS have always been a controversial topic where it seems everyone but the Government are in favour. We put this question to a panel...
September 16, 2008
Are four-year-olds too young to meet toddlers’ targets?
Leading educationalists and authors have joined together to try and get the Government to scrap its literacy targets for youngsters. They argues that four-year-olds...
May 16, 2008
Do I really need to go to University?
A degree is essential if you want to be a doctor or lawyer, but what are the other career related options? It seems nowadays...
January 16, 2008
