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1. Students’ peaceful protest hijacked by violent minority
Get Bracknell, Thursday 25 November 2010A college student from Birch Hill, who was one of more than 50,000 people protesting against a proposed hike in tuition fees, has criticised a ‘small minority’ who turned the protest nasty.
2. School reopens after sickness bug
Get Bracknell, Friday 19 November 2010A Bracknell school has re-opened this morning after an outbreak of a virus led to 62 pupils and staff going sick.
3. Gap between rich and poor pupils needs
Get Bracknell, Tuesday 21 September 2010More than £3,000 per pupil is needed to close an “unacceptable” gap in education standards between rich and poor children in Bracknell Forest, according to new research.
4. Ofsted praises council’s work with children
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 15 September 2010A snap inspection found services for children at Bracknell Forest Council are “well managed” and staff morale is “high”.
5. Schools ‘nod’ to academy status
Get Bracknell, Tuesday 20 July 2010Two “outstanding” local schools have registered an interest in becoming specialist academies but a political party has cited research which says there is no proof such a move would have a positive effect on performance.
6. Truant figures on the slide
Get Bracknell, Monday 14 June 2010Children in Bracknell are clearly keen to learn as new figures reveal numbers of youngsters skipping school are lower than the national average, and dropping.
7. SATs tests taken despite wider boycott
Get Bracknell, Tuesday 18 May 2010Headteachers across Bracknell decided not to boycott the much-criticised SATs tests this year, but have hinted they may in the future.
8. Pupils target the dozy parkers and win lollipop lady
Get Bracknell, Monday 10 May 2010Children at a school which suffers from parking and speeding problems have put their project to try to solve the issue in front of Bracknell councillors.
9. Row over pupils’ performance gap
Get Bracknell, Tuesday 13 April 2010A charity has heavily criticised the difference in exam results between children from wealthy families and those from poorer backgrounds in Bracknell, despite it being among the smallest gap in the whole of the South East.
10. Election hopefuls quizzed by pupils
Get Bracknell, Friday 02 April 2010Young voters got the chance to grill political hopefuls at a Question Time event organised by a member of a school’s Sixth Form.
