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Exclusive Brethren seeks elusive free school status
But critics fear that sect’s pupils could end up `indoctrinated’
23 November 2012
Access tsar condemns ‘snobbery’ of elite focus
Schools should not be pressured into losing sight of pupils’ interests
23 November 2012
How the other half lives
Private school teachers receive pay rises, while the state sector is frozen
16 November 2012
A touch of Eton in the East End
Set up by a circle of prestigious independent schools, a maintained sixth form in London’s deprived Newham aims to put 15 students into Oxbridge each year. Irena Barker discovers its `Socratic teaching style’ – and seriously bright classrooms
16 November 2012
The cost of striving for perfection for girls
Idealistic imagery can trigger eating disorders, academic claims
16 November 2012
‘At best behind the times, at worst inadequate’
State boarding schools are being left to crumble, head warns
16 November 2012
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