97 m. ago One in three pupils miss out on their first choice secondary school amid a scramble for places

Data released on National Offer Day showed up to 36 per cent missed out in parts of London , while elsewhere in the country it was up to 26 per cent.

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2 h. ago The part of Greater Manchester where 97% of kids got their first choice secondary school

Year 6 pupils have been finding out what school they'll be attending from September

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8 h. ago Find details for your secondary school in our Real Schools Guide

The Real Schools Guide for 2025 is out, ranking every single secondary school in Greater Manchester and beyond.

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9 h. ago Signs of more families getting top choice of secondary school

Hundreds of thousands of families across England are finding out which secondary school their child will be joining this September.

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13 h. ago Is YOUR area a teenage truancy hotspot? Interactive map names and shames parts of England with worst secondary school attendance

Schools in a Northern town close to Liverpool have the most truants in England, MailOnline can reveal. Kids there skip school at more than double the national average.

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13 h. ago Secondary school admissions: What to do if you don't get your first choice?

National Offer Day comes at the start of March when pupils learn if they have been accepted into their top secondary school choice

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22 h. ago Hundreds of thousands of families in England to find out secondary school places

Parents of children with special educational needs face a ‘postcode lottery’ to secure specialist provision, a school leaders’ union has warned.

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3 d. ago Secondary school admissions: When do you find out secondary school places?

National Offer Day comes at the start of March when pupils learn if they have been accepted into their top secondary school choice

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3 d. ago Parents calling for phone bans in schools to improve their youngsters' classroom behaviour

A poll of 1000 parents and 500 secondary school teachers by research agency Public First has found that both groups see classroom behaviour as the main cause of classroom disorder.

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7 d. ago ‘Crisis of school absenteeism’ affecting poorer pupils the most, new data suggests

Secondary school students still dealing with the impacts of the pandemic, charities warn

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1 week ago Children face walking six miles a day due to school transport cuts

Primary school pupils have been spared but secondary-aged children are set to lose out as the council mulls over its future policies on home to school transport

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1 week ago Knox Academy: Police arrest teenager over 'BB gun' incident after Scottish secondary school goes into lockdown

Force says there is no ongoing threat to the school or the public

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1 week ago Dyce Academy: Scottish secondary school shut this week after 60 firefighters battled huge blaze

Investigation launched into the cause of the overnight fire

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1 week ago Dyce Academy: Scottish secondary school shut indefinitely after 60 firefighters battled huge blaze

Investigation launched into the cause of the overnight fire

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2 w. ago Queen Mathilde of Belgium looks trendy in leather skirt as she returns to Brussels following trip to Costa Rica where she narrowly avoided disaster when her plane made an emergency landing

Queen Mathilde of Belgium looked typically chic in a grey cape today as she visited a secondary school in Brussels alongside an award-winning Belgian author.

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