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Not even a royal wedding is as good at lifting the gloom as hearing about the inspirational work going on in our schools. While the economic downturn is squeezing budgets everywhere – and more cuts are on the way – schools across the UK are still managing to push the boundaries.

In a school of `world-weary girls’, the actress learnt that enthusing about literature was `cool’

In the first of an occasional series on turning around failing schools, Nick Morrison reports on how a secondary in High Wycombe discarded its reputation as `the Prison on the Hill’. But it has taken far more than motivational slogans to get on the path to sustainable success

An ex-Army man who ruled with a rod of iron comes in at No1 for the Slade singer

Posters recall ‘faking it’ to be cool. And now they’re having to play catch up on bikes