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Never too late to learn

The Test the Town clowns are taking to the streets in your area

2:11pm Tuesday 13th May 2008

ADULT Learners' Week, running from May 17 to 23, is the largest festival of learning in the UK, organised by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE).

New GCSE guidance

2:00pm Tuesday 13th May 2008

LEADING UK examining body OCR has announced it will be hosting a free GCSE changes Expo for teachers in London.

A military exercise

Ready for action: pupils from St Mary's Catholic Primary School

12:48pm Tuesday 13th May 2008

PUPILS from St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Beckenham, have been put through their paces on a Military Boot Camp, designed to improve children's fitness.

Beauty for Bexleyheath

Bexley College hairdressing and beauty therapy students work their magic on shoppers in Bexleyheath

3:26pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

SHOPPERS at The Mall in Bexleyheath were given a treat last week, when students from Bexley College offered them a bit of pampering, all in aid of a good cause.

Toddlers waddle for charity

Nursery manager Ann Cudd with Andreas Michael, 3, Emily Bennett, 4, and Luke King, 3

3:19pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

ACORN Early Years Centre, Bexley Park, supported a campaign to raise money for The Meningitis Trust by taking part in a national toddle waddle.

Here comes the science bit

Sahr komba Yambasu, tutor Alison Cops, Elvin Arinaitwe and Moushumi Kadir have a go at making their own beauty products

2:43pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

STUDENTS from Bromley College were recently given the chance to uncover the secrets behind everyday beauty products.

Education centre turns 10

Joe Hally, 10, helps MP David Evennett cut the Kip McGrath Centre's birthday cake

2:31pm Friday 2nd May 2008

AFTER-SCHOOL tuition provider, the Kip McGrath Education Centre in Bexleyheath, celebrated its 10th birthday with a visit from MP David Evennett.

Learning about merger

4:22pm Thursday 1st May 2008

AN AILING junior school could be merged with its neighbouring infant school to drag it out of special measures.

More teachers’ strikes possible

Teachers protest at Sydenham School	LC11104

12:08pm Monday 28th April 2008

SIXTY-TWO schools were shut in Greenwich and Lewisham as hundreds of teachers joined a protest march in the centre of London.

Opinion split over teachers' right to strike

Keen learners: absence rates at Barnet's primary schools are among the lowest in London

3:07pm Friday 25th April 2008

READERS' opinions are divided - almost down the middle - about whether teachers were right to strike.


News

Pensioners may lose backdated cash

Mike O'Brien urged pensioners to claim all available benefits

Updated 3:27pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Thousands of pensioners could miss out on hundreds of pounds worth of backdated benefits as a result of rule changes that come into force later this year.


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