Press Headlines

5 September 2008

Around 1,200 Sheffield schoolchildren could have a chance to gain independence for the first time under new transport arrangements being considered by councillors next week. (Sheffield Telegraph)
Black Caribbean children held back by institutional racism in schools, says study. (The Guardian)
Birley College pupils, Emily Grudziak and Natasha Bellamy plan to climb the highest mountain in Wales to raise £1,500 for a cancer charity. (The Star)
Shake-up in travel arrangements for pupils with special needs could see fewer Sheffield children being taken to school by taxi or minibus. (The Star)

The headteacher of Beck Primary School and members of his teaching staff sign up for the Great Yorkshire Run as a tribute to 10-year-old Dante Kamara who died from an asthma attack earlier this year. (The Star)
Britain’s biggest exam board is accused of censorship after removing a poem containing references to knife crime from the GCSE syllabus. (The Guardian)

Computer glitches mean 150,000 pupils will not receive their study grants for the beginning of term. (The Guardian)
Schools are warned of pupils hooked on energy drinks, by the anti-drugs advisory group Drug Education UK. (The Guardian)

Pupils and staff from All Saints RC High School spend three weeks on a conservation expedition in the South American Amazon Rainforest. (The Star)
Children are more likely to experience psychiatric difficulties during their school years if they are underweight at birth, scientists have found. (The Guardian)

"Super-heads" bid to raise the standards - a pool of super-heads recruited from all over the country is to spearhead the drive to raise attainment in Sheffield schools (Sheffield Telegraph)
Seven year olds' progress in three R's flatlining - standards in English, maths and science have remained static (The Guardian)

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