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Serving up salad success at school dinners | Letters
Letters: Robin Jenkins reminisces about an experiment when he was a school dinner manager in London. Plus a letter from Paul Flowers

Julie Newlan obituary
Other lives: Senior manager at Hertfordshire University who was instrumental in setting up its medical school

Exam-obsessed school system doesn’t make the grade | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to Alan Milburn’s finding that exam-focused schools are failing to prepare pupils for the real world

Plan for healthier school meals in England will hit services, say caterers
Trade body warns that changes are likely to drive up costs and push pupils to find somewhere to buy junk food

Schools forced to cut back on support for Send pupils in England, poll finds
More than 70% have cut down in past year on teaching assistants, who play key role in helping children with Send

‘Apprenticeship penalty’ on benefits forces young people from poorer UK families to quit
Government advisers call for review of rules that cause loss of household income when a child takes up job training

Officials too slow to act on falling pupil numbers in England, says watchdog
Demographic changes will cause a glut of school places, according to National Audit Office report

Hilary Friend obituary
Other lives: Adult educationist, skilled pianist and singer, and a champion of music composed and performed by women

The social sciences need tools for the 21st century | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an editorial on difficulties with replicability of results in social science research



