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Giant secondary schools make pupils feel like 'cogs in machine' ; EUROPE
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Secondary schools are getting bigger and bigger, fuelling
concerns that they are becoming too impersonal to get the best out
of pupils.
Figures show a dramatic growth in the size of secondary schools
during the past decade. Since 1995, the number of secondary schools
with fewer than 1,000 pupils has dropped by nearly 600, to 1,562,
while the number taking in more than 1,500 has risen by 124 per
cent, from 115 to 258.
The move has prompted Human Scale Education (HSE), a pressure...
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Secondary schools face pupil shortage; Numbers could drop by 3,000.(News)
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Crime Debate: Secondary schools blamed for children ending up in courts.(News)
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Crime Debate: Secondary schools blamed for children ending up in courts
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Education: Literacy hour in secondary schools would be damaging, teachers warn.(News)
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; PROPOSALS FOR a shake-up of the English secondary school curriculum will damage the way the subject is taught to pupils, teachers said yesterday. A survey of teachers who have been piloting the plans this year revealed that 88 per cent believe they would adversely affect teaching of the subject.
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Education: Literacy hour in secondary schools would be damaging, teachers warn
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; PROPOSALS FOR a shake-up of the English secondary school curriculum will damage the way the subject is taught to pupils, teachers said yesterday. A survey of teachers who have been piloting the plans this year revealed that 88 per cent believe they would adversely affect teaching of the subject.
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FOUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS FACE AXE.(News)
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