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Best and worst
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Every pupil at Bexley Grammar School scored at least five Cs in
their GCSE exams that included English and maths last year. Thirty-
seven state and private schools achieved a 100 per cent success rate
but Bexley came top by virtue of having the largest number of pupils
reaching this level. Headmaster Roderick MacKinnon said achievement
was boosted by offering the International Baccalaureate - seen as
tougher than A-levels - in the sixth form.
At Lilian Baylis Technology School in Kenn...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Blair booed by pupils on school visit; ELECTION 2005 WE CAN DO BETTER ON EDUCATION, PM ADMITS AT COMPREHENSIVE.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: JOE MURPHY TONY BLAIR today admitted that London parents still do not have access to good enough schools. The Prime Minister confirmed there was a lot to do to get the capital's education system up to scratch. To his embarrassment, he was booed by some pupils as he toured the Lilian Baylis
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The great school stampede.(Letter to the Editor)
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; OLIVER Letwin's claim that he would rather beg than send his children to the local comprehensive school has been blown out of all proportion. One of the most perceptive and philosophical observations on the whole affair was made by a 13-yearold pupil of Lilian Baylis school who said: I reckon he
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Figures give fairer view of the best and worst.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: TIM MILES TODAY'S league tables show the best and worst of education in London, but not in the usual light. They enable comparison between schools like Sir John Cass Foundation School in Tower Hamlets, the most improved secondary school in the country at GCSE, and Lilian Baylis School in
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Bottle attack at Blair's' wonder' school.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; Byline: MARTIN SMITH SHADOW Chancellor Oliver Letwin said he would rather 'beg on the streets' than send his children there. So last week Tony Blair attempted to score a political point by visiting the troubled inner-city Lilian Baylis comprehensive in South London to sing its praises. Beaming
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Glowing write-up for Letwin row school.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; The comprehensive that found itself at the centre of a political row after a senior Tory said he would rather beg on the streets than send his children there is to get a glowing write-up from England's education watchdog. Ofsted inspectors who visited Lilian Baylis School in Lambeth, London,
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