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Young People news stories:
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18Aug2011A-level pass rate rises for 29th year in a row
Hundreds of young people across the country are celebrating today as the overall A-level pass rate rose for the 29th year in a row, with 97.8 per cent of A-level entries receiving at least an E - up from 97.6 per cent last summer.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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15Aug2011Kick off the new term with our football resources
The English football season opened this week. If you think your pupils will start the new term more interested in football than reading, find out more about our Premier League Reading Stars project.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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15Aug2011Love Rugby: Love Reading – download our free World Cup toolkit
The Rugby World Cup kicks off in New Zealand at the start of the new term.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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01Aug2011Study shows pupils’ reading difficulties often go unnoticed
Researchers from York University have warned that secondary school pupils may have reading difficulties that remain unidentified.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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01Aug2011Study shows pupils’ reading difficulties often go unnoticed
Researchers from York University have warned that secondary school pupils may have reading difficulties that remain unidentified.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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28Jul2011Headteacher claims some children don’t know their own name on BBC Radio 4 Today programme
On the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme today (28 July 2011) Neil Wilson, executive headteacher of a group of schools in South Manchester said that some children entering the education system in the UK do not even know their own name.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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27Jul2011Booker Judge expresses concern for young readers in age of information
Dame Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5 and Man Booker Prize Judge, said she was concerned that school pupils were missing out on the pleasure of reading books as technology increasingly dominates their lives.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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20Jul2011Haven to give away nearly 50,000 books
Haven Holidays has teamed up with the National Literacy Trust's Words for Life campaign to give away nearly 50,000 books - to children on their 35 family holiday parks.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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14Jul2011Spelling mistakes 'cost millions' in lost online sales
Spelling mistakes on websites can seriously affect customer spending, says an online businessman. Charles Duncombe says an analysis of website figures shows a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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11Jul2011Poor pupils in struggling schools 'lag further behind'
New research from the Sutton Trust has revealed that the gap between the poorest pupils and their better-off peers in struggling schools in England is wider than in other schools.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
