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Discusses issues related to education in Great Britain as of October 17, 2003. Remarks from Shadow Home Secretary Oliver Letwin on education; Research on school staffing, released by the National Union of Teachers; Document on school place planning, released by the Office for Standards in Education.

The article discusses the 2009 end-of-term meeting of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee of the British Parliament. Vernon Coaker, the schools minister, was questioned on the School White Paper and school accountability. The main issue was the department's introduction of a school report card which would give all schools a single grade. This was seen by the committee as conflicting with the mission of the Office of Standards, Children's Education and Skills (OFSTED).

This section offers news briefs on publications of educational documents in Great Britain. The document entitled "Local Authority Children's Services Funding: 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11," has been published by the British Department for Children, Schools & Families. "Indices of Deprivation 2007," has been published by the British Department for Communities & Local Government. The paper "Youth Work: A Framework for Inspection," was published by the Office for Standards in Education.