Revision courses must be chosen carefully
‘Three times this year? I didn’t know I was going three times!” James Hart, 18, has just been told by
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Wellbeing and the web
One in 10 children have mental-health difficulties. A new online service means help is at hand. Victoria Neumark reports A
Read moreOxbridge Rebels
Are Oxford and Cambridge still the glittering prizes for students from independent schools? Victoria Neumark reports Autumn, and university entrance is on
Read moreTough new tests for Oxbridge entrants
Pupils trying to get into Oxford and Cambridge will face a battery of entrance tests amid persistent fears that A-levels
Read moreFirst person
Victoria Neumark inherited a houseful of old oak furniture; it is dark, depressing, oppressive. Friends tell her to get rid
Read moreThe possibility of God
Religious studies is enjoying a boom. But in a multicultural society, what is it now for? Victoria Neumark reports Niqabs
Read moreEducation: Science with a bang
A new GCSE aims to make science more appealing, writes Victoria Neumark Some are worried that the emphasis in this
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What it’s like to be …. a can-do boy
Recently, Jonathan had a problem. He had forgotten his maths homework, so he got a telling off. When he still
Read moreWhat it’s like to be . . . learning to tell the time
Now that Lucy is six she can begin to tell the time. But, she wants to know, what is the
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