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Schools accused of widening social divide
24 June 2004
Many state schools are a no-go area for middle-class parents, a leading government adviser on education said yesterday.

Short skirts force school to impose trousers-only rule
21 June 2004
A mixed comprehensive has become the first in the country to order all its girls to wear trousers after claiming their skirts were "immodest". Governors of the 1,600-pupil Kesgrave High School near Ipswich, Suffolk, claim the girls' short skirts gave the pupils a "come-hither look".

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No room to be small

In their battle for survival, small schools this week take their fight to Parliament. Clare Hargreaves reviews the weapons at their disposal

Leading article: When a choice is no choice
Both the Conservatives and Labour have chosen to make parents' "right to choose" the key plank of their education election campaigns. In both cases, however, the pledges are fraudulent

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Medical emergency
If the independent Buckingham University can start a private school of medicine, it could have a seismic effect on the state system. Lucy Hodges visits an institution in the vanguard of change

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