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Presents updates on issues concerning education in Great Britain as of June 2003. Plans of Education Secretary Charles Clarke to implement new educational tests on 14-year-olds; Reason for the rejection of Amber Rust at Goldsmiths College, London, England.

The article highlights education system in England and compares it with countries including Finland. Topics include the Education Policy Institute's 2019 annual report on the achievement gap between young people from advantaged and disadvantaged backgrounds; the need for an overhaul of education system; and new ‘Education Investment Areas' and recommendations including need to recruit and retain the best teachers and leaders at schools and colleges s in the communities that need them the most.

Highlights the annual conference of the National Foundation for Educational Research/Confederation of Educational Service Managers in London, England. Research-engaged school as a possible method of making educational practice more evidence-based; Concern over the role of the school improvement partner as mediator of research; Views on pupil performance data such as the Pupil Achievement Tracker.

The article reports that Baroness Armstrong asked the Government what assessment it had made of the General Certificate of Secondary Education and A-Level results on the widening gap in attainment for children and young people in the North East of England compared to those in the South of England. It mentions the widening gap in attainment in the recent secondary school results had exemplified the concern.

The article discusses the merits of selective education in England and how students who study in selective schools like grammar schools compare to students studying in non-selecive schools like secondary schools. Topics include the ability of grammar schools to influence the social mobility of students who study in them, the performance of students studying in high-quality non-selecive schools, and the policies of the government regarding grammar schools.

The article discusses the merits of baseline assessments of all children when they enter reception class in England. Topics include the opposition by educaion experts and teaching unions to these assessments alleging that it unfairly labels children as under achievers thereby disrupting their learning, and Great Britain's Department for Education's determination to implement these assessments for children in reception class.

The article reports that students in London, England have exceeded national rates for improvement in General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) grades. London schools minister Sarah McCarthy-Fry commented that the percentage students receiving five good GCSEs in London schools had beaten national improvement averages for several years in a row.

The article discusses the results of the research conducted by Ipsos MORI and London Economics Ltd. to present Great Britain Department for Business, Innovation and Skills a detailed analysis of the benefits associated with further education (FE) and skills. It notes that the research focuses on the economic impact and wider benefits associated with learning and qualification attainment in England. The research also presents the views of the learner of the impact of FE learning.

Reports on some of the findings from the Sheffield Raising Early Achievement in Literacy Project, which started in 1995 to promote family literacy through work with parents of pre-school children in Sheffield, England. Main aims of the project; Project's system of operation; Teachers' evaluation of the project.

The article discusses research on the attainment gap in England's education, conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), which supports the reading initiative Read On. Get On and provides information on academic achievement at English schools.

The author offers his view regarding comments made by British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) and Minister of State for Schools Nick Gibb on the education system in Great Britain. It notes that Gibb mentioned Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) research as a reason for not wanting to expand the grammar school estate in England. He stresses the need for aspiration by pupils, parents and the education system as a whole in order to accomplish a better outcome.

The article discusses the speech of Michael Gove, Secretary State for Education, to students at Cambridge University in which he emphasizes the importance liberal education. Gove notes that academic excellence is acknowledged with a rank order system for every pupil in every year, designating a place to every child in very term based on their performance subject by subject. Gove also indicates that England's position in terms of student achievement in international scene is falling down.