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Poorer schools beat national average but most fail maths and literacy targets
Only one education authority in the country has achieved the Government's aim of an 85 per cent pass rate for 11-year-old students studying maths.
Labour plans to spend £36bn on rebuilding state schools
Chancellor Gordon Brown took the first step towards implementing his pledge to put state schools on an equal footing with the private sector by announcing a £36bn school building programme yesterday.