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| There has been the biggest annual rise since 1990 in the proportion of GCSE exams awarded the best grades. |
| Big jump in top GCSE exam grades |
| The first breakdown of results in England's GCSE entries reveals regional differences, with the North East and London doing well. |
| Results show regional variations |
| Fewer people are taking modern languages and fewer GCSEs have been taken overall, results from the exam boards show. |
| Languages still slipping at GCSE |
| Many secondary schools will be discovering whether they have beaten a new government GCSE target. |
| Schools keen to pass 30% target |
| Parents can now act as agents to handle their children's university applications - and then turn up for the interviews too. |
| Pushy parents can act as agents |
| The number of childminders in England has continued falling in the face of increasing regulation. |
| Decline in number of childminders |
| Even if GCSE results this week raise schools above the 30% threshold, they can remain in the National Challenge programme. |
| No quick exit from GCSE challenge |
| The US Congress backs plans to bring technological advances from the business world into the classroom. |
| US to back 21st century learning |
| The name of Liverpool Hope University is being used in an internet scam in Nigeria. |
| University used in Nigerian scam |
| Children's Minister Beverley Hughes allocates £4.5m to programmes to unite youngsters from different backgrounds. |
| Cash for youth diversity projects |
| Compare your grades with everyone else's |
| Subject by subject |
| Three sets of twins celebrate 48 A* and A grades |
| Twin triumphs |
| New target hanging over hundreds of schools. |
| More pressure |
| University and A-level success for awesome foursome |
| Quads celebrate |
| What next for England's troubled testing system? |
| Sats 'shambles' |
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| Many teachers say they are concerned about "hidden" surveillance cameras located in their schools. |
| Teacher concerns over school CCTV |
| The contract between exams authority the QCA and troubled marking firm ETS is ended by "mutual consent". |
| Sats marking contract is scrapped |
| The most courageous students are least likely to cheat in class, US researchers say. |
| 'Bravest' students do not cheat |
| Exam boards have given a regional breakdown of A-level results for England for the first time, showing big differences. |
| A-level results show big divide |