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Admissions tutors claim the `old boy network’ is a thing of the past, but recently almost twice as many pupils from one independent school were accepted into Oxbridge as from the entire cohort of pupils eligible for free school meals. Hannah Frankel investigates a very common problem

Admissions chief scuppers theory that elite universities value extra-curricular activities

They are low achievers in maths – but not because they’re bad at it; girls simply lack the confidence to participate. Hannah Frankel reports on a group of primary teachers who are turning the tables

A terrible road accident ten years ago will never fade, but the respect of pupils has helped

Creative learning is powering many schools’ drive to be more enjoyable and effective. Hannah Frankel speaks to the teachers trading Sats and textbooks for interaction and `buzz’

Cover Story: While expelling the most obdurately troublesome pupils is the norm, four Kent secondaries have pledged to do things differently. But are they simply pandering to the disaffected? Hannah Frankel reports