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Bradford Moor Community Primary School was marked as "inadequate" in a report published on Monday.
BBC: Bradford Moor school's governors to be replaced
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The forthcoming UNESCO Education For All Global Monitoring Report estimates that some 61 million primary school - age children still have no access to school, while 250 million children who should have reached fourth grade cannot read or write whether they are in school or not.
UNESCO: Communication and Information
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The report notes that 25% of primary children leave school unable to swim and the committee is seeking the views of the Scottish Government and other organisations on how this can be addressed.
BBC: Holyrood committee warns Glasgow 2014 may squander legacy
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Whilst the cross-party report suggested a "buddy scheme" for nursery and primary school children and anti-sectarianism classes, Alliance is pushing for a tripling of the number of children attending integrated schools.
BBC: Alliance shared future plans ambitious
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By 2pm, they had visited the neighbouring primary school, interviewed two teachers and two pupils about their views, and written up their report.
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However the Department for Education responded to the QCA report by saying it has "no plans at present" to make languages compulsory in primary school.
BBC: Parlez-vous francais?
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The report also argues that a rise in the birth rate and increasing numbers of pupils in primary school will force schools to make tougher decisions about spending.
BBC: School budget cuts 'no harm to standards'
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In a report to accompany Tuesday's council meeting, Geoff Vine, chair of governors at Leighton primary school, wrote to the council stating his objections.
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Mexico has one of the highest rates of pre-primary school enrolment among OECD countries, but only under half of students complete secondary education, according to an OECD report in 2012.
BBC: Mexico's Pena Nieto enacts major education reform