A-level questions should be toughened up to help universities to identify top pupils, private school head teachers said as it emerged that nearly half of all grades awarded to their pupils this year were A's.
Taken from Guardian Friday 25 August

Teachers unions and business leaders yesterday expressed fears about the "free fall" in the number of pupils taking modern languages at GCSE, claiming the situation was "beyond the point of no return.

The Government has failed to reach its Key Stage 2 target for 11 year-olds, the Department for Education and Skills have reported.

More than 30,000 16-year-olds left school this year with no qualifications, an alarming statistic that will be ignored in this week's tales of A* GCSE exam successes, the Prince's Trust charity warns today.
Taken from the Guardian August 22nd 2006

The ICG is one of 8 partners in a project proposal to develop a European Accreditation Scheme for Career Guidance Counsellors which has been approved by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.