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Reports on the youth activities of Rugby Union football clubs in England. Professionalization of Rugby Union football; Objectives of rugby clubs in their expansion.

Advises local education authorities in England to encourage independent schools to make their facilities accessible to the wider community. Content of a Liberal Democrat policy document; Advantages of the document to local education authorities schools; Comments by Paddy Ashdown, leader of the Liberal Democrat party; Prediction for the impact of technology and distance learning.

Reports that parents of students at the Thomas Hardye school in Dorset, England are campaigning to prevent the construction of an armory, and rifle range at the school for the use of pupils in the Combined Cadet Force. Why parents chose to campaign against the proposal by the Thomas Hardye school; Comments by Zofia Dymitr, a parent; History on the Thomas Hardye school; Support for the decision to build the armoury.

Reports that teachers in Wales teaching the Welsh language, are suffering due to measures being implemented by schools. Role that the Arthrawon Bro organization play in teaching the Welsh language; Comments from Arwyn Henry, headteacher at Dafen County primary; Information on the Youth National Eisteddford.

Focuses on council elections in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. What Trafford will become for the Labour party; Speculation of a majority win for Labour; Significance of a Labour win for education in the area; How abolition of grammar schools would come about; Anomalies abolition selection would remove; Comments from David Acton, Labour's chairman of education.

Looks at headteachers demonstrating the cut of money for education outside Powys county council's headquarters. Who lent support; Comments by Ian Jones, secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers in Wales.

Reports that parents from the Blisland School on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall are trying to fight the decision of the county council to close the school from September 1996. Belief of parent-governor Tina Mellow; Comments by Val Cox, chair of the education committee.

Comments on an exhibition, designed by Romany children in an attempt to help improve the community relationship with Somerset village. When the project was set up; Outcome of the project; Comments from Reggie Hughes, a Western counties boxing champion.

Focuses on teacher redundancies resulting from the 3.75 percent pay award to teachers in Great Britain. Flexibility for discretionary payments; Cuts concerning education budget; Concerns on job losses.

Focuses on the Teenage Information Centre, Teenage Advice Centre of TIC TAC at Callington School and Community College in Cornwall, England. Offer of confidential medical advice; Pupil acceptance of TIC TAC; Initial concern on parental complaints; Teenage heath issues as targeted topics of advice and information.

Features the Saint Buryan primary school in Cornwall, England. Voting among parents to obtain a grant-maintained (GM) status; Allegation of political pressure on the school's decision to go for a GM status.

Reports on the plans of Peter Leech, newly appointed headmaster, to turn around Glen Ely High School in Cardiff, Wales' first failing secondary school. Academic ratings and other problems of the school; Restructuring the school; Changing parents' attitudes; Merit scheme.

Reports on the efforts on the improvement in the literacy and numeracy among primary students in Wales. Setting of targets for improvements; Investing on information technology for primary schools; Funding to support children with educational and learning problems.

Reports that children as young as 12 are working as prostitutes in Cardiff, Wales. High percentage of child prostitutes in local authority care; Negotiations with police to help protect young prostitutes from their adult male clients.

Reports on parents' rejection of plans to close Briton Ferry, a village primary school in Wales, and use the buildings for a Welsh-speaking school. Proposal by the West Glamorgan County Council; Parents' campaign against the plans; Reason for the parents' rejection of the plans.

Talks about the Cumbria County Council which has the highest level of integration of children with special needs into mainstream schools in Britain. Support for the policy in the county; Number of special needs of children in the county; A strategic facility designated for special needs by Morton secondary school, Carlisle; Benefits of the policy.

Reports that mothers in Prestatyn, Clwyd County, Wales have drawn up a petition calling on the Rhuddlan Borough council to provide better supervision of parks. Complaints on physical violence and name-calling; Extortion rackets; Issues concerning bullying.

Reports on the summer soccer camps program run by Everton Football Club in Liverpool, England to lure youngsters from drugs. Other drug prevention programs; Scheme to promote good practices.

Reports on the launching of Taking Sex Seriously, a pioneering project in Liverpool and Cheshire, England aimed at improving sex-education teaching in schools. Concerns over high levels of teenage pregnancy and the quality of sex education resources; Positive reactions to the project.

Reports on claims that competition between exam boards could lead to easier general certificate of secondary education exams in Great Britain. Inappropriateness of competitive ethos in education; Lowering of standards as the possible effect of this competition; School Curriculum and Assessment Authority's introduction of sweeping measures to maintain standards.

Reports on the police investigation into the debts amassed by the further education college Coleg Ceredigion in Wales. Resignation of financial officers of the college; Other colleges in similar situations; Causes of financial irregularities.

Presents the insights of Roy Pike, head of the opted-out Torquay Boys' Grammar school, on the British Labour Party's education proposals. Return of 10% of the school's funding to the local education authority; Implications of a selective system; Results of a poll commissioned by the King Edward's Foundation in Birmingham, England.

Reports on the effort to revive boxing in British schools. Opposition by the British Medical Association and the British Safety Council to the idea; Development by the Schools Amateur Boxing Association of the Kid Gloves scheme; Values developed through boxing.

Reports on the imprisonment of British headteacher Geoffrey Burley after being found guilty of separate charges of stealing funds from the Widey Court primary school in England. Use of money for drink, cigarettes and shopping.

Reports on the failure of school heads and governors in Devon, England to convince the government to allow the county to spend more than it is allowed. Delay in submission of a report revealing the true figures on education spending; Call for the lifting of spending caps in schools; Implications of budget cuts for schools.

Reports that an inquiry has been launched in Newcastle upon Tyne, England into the running of the city's education department by its director Nils Purser. Focus on allegations made by primary heads which passed a vote of no confidence in Purser; Origin of the heads' dissatisfaction with Purser; Concern about the rising number of disputes between local politicians and chief education officers.

Reports that the National Association of Head Teachers has claimed that the crisis of parents' complaints facing Y Bontfaen county primary school head teacher Susan Dobb could have been averted. Citing of governors' inertia; Citing of the absence of a code of practice on how to deal with parents' complaints; Details of the crisis.

Reports on the National Council of Parent Teacher Association's belief that schools should ensure parental support for their codes of conduct and disciplinary measures to prevent outside agencies being called in when disputes erupt. Involvement of the police in the case of a 14 year old boy who mashed the breasts of two girls; Comments of Nigel de Gruchy.

Suggests that the British government's White Paper on drugs is still misguided in focus. Ineffectiveness of campaigns; Failure to recognize the fact that young people take drugs for their pleasant effects; Comments of Lifeline's Mike Linnell.

Reports that primary school governors in Gloucestershire, England are considering stopping work for five months to protest government's under-funding of education. Formation of the Gloucestershire Action for Primary Schools; Concern about the harm to schools resulting from the action and possible dismissal; Support from Gloucestershire Association of Primary Heads.

Reports that a cross border dispute has broken out between further education colleges in Hereford and Powys with allegations that the English are enticing Welsh students over the border. Marketing drive of Hereforshire College of Technology, Herefordshire College of Art and Design; Herefordshire Agricultural College and Hereford Sixth Form College; Comments of Powys principal, John Stephenson.

Discusses the Teignmouth Community College in Devon's Neighbourhood Engineers scheme. Engineering works of former Teignmouth Community students; Comments of head of the technology faculty, Steve Beck; Completion of Alex Lampe's GCSE project to design a new breakfast cereal packet and easter egg package.

Reports that British Prime Minister John Major's visit to the Bishop Fox's School in Taunton, was met by a demonstration of pupils, parents and local union representatives, protesting against Somerset County schools' budget cuts. Pressure placed by the visit on principal, Jeremy Harvey; Comments of ATL representative, imon Bowditch.

Reports on parents' consideration of suburbs secondary schools for their children. Question on the ability of popular schools in England to heed parental choice; Government support for the expansion of popular schools; Mergers of boys' and girls' schools; Test of the government's attitude to school expansion.

Reports on the school visits to farms project of the National Association of Farms for Schools, an organization of farmers in Great Britain. Public debate over live animal exports; Content of the association's school pack; Primary school children as target of the association's farm visit scheme; Association membership.

Reports on parents' launching of a protest campaign against the sacking of teacher Carl Torrington as deputy head of the Westfield primary school in Radstock, England. Reason for Torrington's dismissal; Setup of the Friends of Westfield School by parents; Torrington's personality clash with head Eric Baldwin.

Reports on the suspension of three doctors from giving school vaccinations after more than 200 pupils at three secondary schools in Wiltshire, England were accidentally given overdoses of a diptheria vaccine. Conduct of a formal inquiry to establish how the mistake was made; Symptoms displayed by students; Reactions of school officials and parents of the students.

Features Brian Ashton, a member of the England coaching team and a housemaster at King's School in Somerset, England. Time management; Education as priority.

Features the Prince of Wales School in Dorset, England. Prince Charles's control over the school design; Problems concerning the distance of the school from an existing special needs unit for pupils with physical disabilities.

Reports on the students' efforts to prevent developers Gabriel Estates from re-establishing the Bedminster Cricket Club in England. Mobilizing support from people living near the site; Support from cricket coaches including game advocate John Major.

Discusses a project launched by Relate to cut the divorce rate in Great Britain. Sending of trained counselors to high schools to discuss personal relationships; Preparation of students for adult life.

Reports on the employment of nuns in Ireland as recruiting agents and counselors for college students. Difficulties in persuading people to enrol; Recruitment approach; Frustrations; Remarks from nun recruiters.

Reports on the controversy over the educational funding for students over 16 years old in the Isles of Scilly in England. Formation of the Further Education Funding Council.

Reports on Plymouth College of Further Education's remodelling of a naval hangar for use as a specialist center, Goschen Centre. Comments by affected parties; Provision of A-level courses in Plymouth.

Focuses on the National Farmers' Union's promotion of farms as living classrooms in Somerset, England. Comments by teacher Lorna Bartlett; Hillcombe visit by a Year 3 group; Views by farmers.

Reports on the Centre for School Improvement's efforts towards the improvement of standards and efficiency in schools in Bristol, England. Bath University's and other schools' role in the creation of the center; Similar centers in other universities; Comments by Ian Jamieson, director of the center.

Reports on the withdrawal of the accreditation of two outdoor pursuit centers in Wales by inspectors acting for the Tourist Board because of safety concerns. Improper supervision of activities in the two centers.

Reports on the Women's Technology Scheme, funded by the Further Education Funding Council, the local education authority, voluntary groups and industry. Range of courses offered; Vocational training and placements provided by Blackburne House girls institute in Liverpool, England.

Features the Wookey Hole caves in Somerset, England. Mixture of humor and commentary in way the tour guide communicates with the students; Picnics in the cave grounds; Glass maze; Underground walk; Paper mill; Penny arcade.

Reports on the area attractions set up by the Bristol Region Education Visits Association. Suggestion of themes for school field trips; Offering of teaching packs and pupil-activity resources; Planning visits for teachers; Bristol Zoo; Avon Gorge; Fleet Air Arm Museum; Wookey Hole Caves.