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'More pupils not toilet trained'
Teachers say an increasing number of pupils are wetting themselves at school, because they are not toilet trained.
VIDEO: What books should our MPs be reading?
The 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth has prompted Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to get his cabinet colleagues in the mood to celebrate one of Britain's greatest writers.
VIDEO: Single-sex schools better for girls?
Parents seem to want boys in co-educational schools but reckon girls do better in single-sex establishments.
Dickens 'beyond' modern children
Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.
VIDEO: Twigg on Labour's mistakes in office
Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg says Labour made a mistake in not putting enough emphasis on the 50% of young people who do not plan to go to university.
Pupils learn how to 'fail well'
A top girls' school is planning a "failure week" to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes.
Work contacts 'cut dropout rate'
The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.
Mums launch student swap scheme
The parents looking to exchange their student child for yours
Wales facing literacy challenge
The BBC's Nicola Smith looks at how literacy levels can be raised
Union plea to delay exams change
Schools should be allowed to delay a new exam system if they are not ready to implement it, Scotland's largest teaching union says.
Children's access rights pledge
Children are to get legal rights to maintain relationships with both their parents, as part of a shake-up of the family justice system.
'IPhoneography' course launched
A college plans a new course devoted entirely to taking photographs on the iPhone
Universities warned over access
The incoming fair access watchdog says universities will be fined for failing to recruit more students from poorer backgrounds.
AUDIO: Why are Wales's schools falling behind?
Welsh schools do not appear to be achieving results as good as those in England - on several measures the gap is widening.
Academy school results 'inflated'
The results of England's academy schools are being inflated by the over-use of vocational equivalents, analysis suggests.

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