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Two thirds of British children will catch head lice during school years, study finds
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Leading private school offers bursaries for children of parents who earn £120k a year
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Study reveals cost of buying a house near a high-performing state school
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Move over James Bond! MI6 invites schoolchildren to play spymaster for the day
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Lose the shoes: schoolchildren with no shoes on ‘do better and behave better in the classroom’, research shows
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High Court rules in favour of father who refused to pay fine for term-time holiday
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