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Teachers call for longer working day and shorter holidays for MPs

‘If the changes had already been applied this may have saved the poor loves the extra work of having to claim £3,000 expenses for returning to work early to praise Margaret Thatcher.’

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Posted: Apr 19th, 2013
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BBC’s ‘Play School’ fails Ofsted inspection

‘No progress had been made in educational standards, with Little Ted still unable to hold even a simple conversation.’

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Posted: Jun 17th, 2012
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Cameron liberates children from forced education

Young people will be able to gain practical skills like rubbish sorting, sweeping and, of course, chimney cleaning while being paid in mobile phone credits, Quavers and Red Bull.

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Posted: Feb 10th, 2012
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Oversubscribed Middlesbrough school credits ‘satisfactory’ Ofsted report

Lusitania school - setting pride alightThe report singled out ‘variable’ standards of teaching and ‘low-level’ task setting – marked improvements on the previous ratings of ‘woeful’ and ‘non-existent’.

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Posted: Dec 20th, 2011
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Tech support companies slam school-leavers’ lack of sarcasm skills

IT support call centres and high-street computer and telephone retailers today called on the government to radically improve the smirking, sneering, eye-rolling and ironic intonation abilities of Britain’s young people.

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Posted: Jul 4th, 2011
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