Education: Poorer Pupils Are Still at a Disadvantage ; the Government Yesterday Published Its Education Bill. Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Education, Explains Why the Government Is Determined to Continue with Its Reform Agenda

Birmingham Post › March 01, 2006

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Teachers, parents and pupils in Birmingham can point to progress for their hard work.

Exam results are improving. In 1997, just over a third of pupils got five or more good GCSEs. Now that figure's up to 56 per cent, the national average.

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Education: Poorer Pupils Are Still at a Disadvantage ; the Government Yesterday Published Its Education Bill. Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Education, Explains Why the Government Is Determined to Continue with Its Reform Agenda

It's a big improvement but everyone realises there is more to do. And it's still the case children from the poorest backgrounds do half as well.

Not only are too many children not...

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