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		<title>An abuse of anonymity?</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/07/03/an-abuse-of-anonymity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Website ratemyteachers.com has been criticised for undermining teachers' authority. The firm behind it, however, says it is helping education. Andrew Owen tries to find out who is right.]]></description>
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		<title>BA degree for gran, 92</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/07/02/ba-degree-for-gran-92/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Shropshire grandmother has proved age is no barrier to learning by becoming one of the oldest people in the country to graduate.]]></description>
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		<title>Inquiry call on schools’ cash &#8217;scandal&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/30/inquiry-call-on-schools-cash-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/30/inquiry-call-on-schools-cash-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Shirehall leaders have been urged to probe the “scandal” of why some schools have been allowed to build up balances totalling millions while others struggle financially due to poor funding.]]></description>
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		<title>Pupils getting physical</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/24/69086/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[sutherland school]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alternative sporting activities are creating a lot of interest and proving to be a popular way of keeping fit, writes Ben Bentley.]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu fear shuts county school</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/24/swine-flu-fear-shuts-county-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/24/swine-flu-fear-shuts-county-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff shut a Shropshire pre-school amid fears it had been hit by a swine flu outbreak after a number of staff members reported suffering symptoms.]]></description>
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		<title>New head of school is revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/22/new-head-of-school-is-revealed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/22/new-head-of-school-is-revealed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[shrewsbury school]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new headmaster of Shrewsbury School has been selected and will take up the reins in September next year, it was announced today.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader’s unity plea over school funding</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/19/leaders-unity-plea-over-school-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/19/leaders-unity-plea-over-school-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[keith barrow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Shirehall leader, Keith Barrow, has stressed the need for cross-party unity to help secure more money for Shropshire schools.]]></description>
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		<title>Truancy cost revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/19/truancy-cost-revealed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Children bunked off almost 4.3 million days of school during the autumn term last year as the truancy rate rose, Government figures showed today. Many miss a day of school every week.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: Teaching is no easy life</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/19/letter-teaching-is-no-easy-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/19/letter-teaching-is-no-easy-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LETTER: As a teacher in his second year of teaching it always intrigues me when people comment on teachers’ pay, teachers’ holidays and the fact that they have an “easy job working 9.00am until 3.30pm every day”.]]></description>
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		<title>Walking bus plea to stop drivers speeding</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/17/walking-bus-plea-to-stop-drivers-speeding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/17/walking-bus-plea-to-stop-drivers-speeding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[newdale primary school]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of children from Shropshire schools were stepping out today in an attempt to create the largest “walking bus” in an bid to slow down speeding drivers.]]></description>
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		<title>Village school will close</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/17/village-school-will-close/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/17/village-school-will-close/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Powys village school with just seven pupils is to close, council officials today revealed. Llanfihangel Primary School, near Llanfyllin, will shut its doors for the last time on December 18.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: Unfair criticism of teachers</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/17/letter-unfair-criticism-of-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/17/letter-unfair-criticism-of-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LETTER: I would like to correct Mr Thomas on the scale for teaching – this can be variable depending on experience and where you teach – and is not always £600 a week as he stated in his letter.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: Wrong view of teachers</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/13/letter-wrong-view-of-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/13/letter-wrong-view-of-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LETTER: In reply to the letter headed “Spotlight may fall on teachers” I would like to respond in the strongest terms. As a newly qualified teacher I found the letter to be both factually incorrect and insulting.]]></description>
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		<title>Schools pledge welcomed</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/12/schools-pledge-welcomed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/12/schools-pledge-welcomed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Shirehall opposition group has welcomed the pledge of the new leader of Shropshire Council to safeguard small rural schools.]]></description>
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		<title>New leader&#8217;s schools pledge</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/10/new-leaders-schools-pledge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/10/new-leaders-schools-pledge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shirehall’s new leader has moved quickly to remove the closure threat to more than 20 small Shropshire schools.]]></description>
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		<title>Parents saved axed leavers&#8217; ball</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/10/parents-saved-axed-leavers-ball/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/10/parents-saved-axed-leavers-ball/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A county school leavers’ ball which was axed after a number of students threw flour and egg bombs on their last day of school was back on today after parents stepped in.]]></description>
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		<title>School forges lasting links with Kenya</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/30/school-forges-lasting-links-with-kenya/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/30/school-forges-lasting-links-with-kenya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 09:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Page</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Shropshire primary school recently cemented its links with a school in Kenya when Dave Tinker, Deputy Headmaster at St Mary's CE School in Albrighton, visited its partner school on the Kenya-Uganda border.]]></description>
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		<title>Growing school given £170,000</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/18/growing-school-given-170000/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/18/growing-school-given-170000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 13:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Shrewsbury primary school is to get a £170,000 extension to cope with rising pupil numbers.]]></description>
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		<title>College is seeking firms for students</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/09/college-is-seeking-firms-for-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/09/college-is-seeking-firms-for-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 09:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Page</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Shropshire college fears it my not be able to provide apprenticeships for students unless more employees come forward to offer places.]]></description>
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		<title>Inspectors’ praise for  town school</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/28/inspectors-praise-for-town-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/28/inspectors-praise-for-town-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at a south Shropshire school reach above average standards, Ofsted inspectors have said.]]></description>
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