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London's schools at breaking point with shortages in two out of three boroughs

London schools are full to bursting point, as figures show primaries need an extra 50,000 places to cope with an unprecedented surge in demand

Council recruits army of snoopers to spy on Londoners

BREAKING NEWS: London council recruits 2,000 residents to report 'crimes' committed by their neighbours as critics fear expansion of 'surveillance society'

Universities run out of places after record applications

Universities have been swamped with thousands of calls from sixth-formers looking for courses amid unprecedented demand for degrees.

Tory plan to help jobless parents pay private school fees

London Tory council is drawing up plans to subsidise the school fees of privately-educated pupils whose parents have lost their jobs

New exams will give pupils a hard time

TOUGHER A levels will be introduced next year to restore faith in England’s school qualifications.

Thousands to miss out in university scramble

8.14.09 - The number of applications to university has soared by 60,000 to more than 600,000 this year, but ministers have only funded an extra 13,000 places.

Too slow GCSE reforms put this year's results in doubt, says regulator

Half a million teenagers face tainted GCSEs results next month after the exams watchdog warned their courses have been dumbed down

Top headteacher held over £500,000 Cuba trip expenses

June 11, 2009 - Evening Standard (UK) - One of London's leading headteachers has been arrested over allegations of a £500,000 expenses fraud linked to a Cuban exchange programme

Thousands of children denied first choice of primary school

Standard investigation reveals how almost 15,000 children in London have been turned away by their first choice of primary schools as the recession pushes state education to the brink of crisis

University calls halt to degree in homeopathy

A London university has scrapped a degree which critics compared to a qualification in witchcraft