Inside a Syrian refugee camp: 'Education is the only hope for children'
The dusty town of Arsal has been shunned by aid agencies as being ‘too dangerous’. Maggie Tookey talks about delivering education there amid the shells and shifting shadows
December 2003
IPPR thinktank calls for scrapping of league tables
League tables of exam results are stunting pupils' progress, doing little to help parents choose the right to school for their children and should be scrapped, says a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research.
October 2002
MPs to examine league table culture
The government's "measurement culture" is to come under scrutiny by MPs in a far-reaching inquiry into targets and league tables.
December 2001
Climbdown puts schools policy in doubt
Estelle Morris, the education secretary, was urged to apologise to "bog standard" comprehensives yesterday.
