welcome to bbc news. the education secretary justine greening has been heckled by angry headteachers after she defended government plans for more grammar schools in england. she was addressing the association of school and college leaders conference in birmingham. she insisted grammar schools helps disadvantaged children close what she described as the attainment gap. but the head teachers general secretary attacked the grammar school plans saying there was no evidence they would raise standards or improve social mobility. she also faced criticism from heads over schools funding, they say lack of money is pushing up class sizes and forcing them to cut gcse subjects. correspondent gillian hargreaves is at the conference for us. hargreaves is at the conference for us. between now and easter there will be a number of teaching union conferences. first this morning, headteachers here in birmingham. justine greening could have been left in no doubt about how strong their grievances
welcome to bbc news. the education secretary justine greening has been heckled by angry headteachers after she defended government plans for more grammar schools in england. ms greening was addressing the association of school and college leaders conference in birmingham. she insisted that grammar schools helped disadvantaged children close what she described as the attainment gap . but the headteachers general secretary attacked the grammar school plans, saying there was no evidence they would raise standards or improve social mobility. ms greening also faced criticism from heads over schools funding. they say lack of money is pushing up class sizes and forcing them to cut gcse subjects. 0ur education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. peter woodman at the weald school might be a head teacher, but he still likes to work at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it and partly because it saves money for the shcool. the only reason we can survive is we are carrying
and samuel ljackson stars in the latest king kong movie. we ll get mark kerdmode‘s take on that and more in the film review at 5:45. good evening and welcome to bbc news at five. the education secretary justine greening has been heckled by headteachers after she defended government plans for more grammar schools in england. she was addressing the conference of the association of school and college leaders. she insisted that grammar schools help disadvantaged children, but the union s general secretary said there was no evidence that they raise standards or improve social mobility. 0ur education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. peter woodman at the weald school might be a head teacher, but he still likes to work at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it and partly because it saves money for the shcool. the only reason we can survive is we are carrying forward money from last year, if the government stick to their pledges with the cash flow and budget, we will b
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bbc world news. i would be surprised but pardon me. an interview on a political crisis in south korea goes unexpectedly viral after an unexpected intrusion. and in half an hour we look at team gb‘s preparations for the 2018 winter olympic games. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. a 23 year old drug addict who crashed his car into a family during a police chase in south london has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. in august last year, joshua dobby lost control of a stolen car, killing 34 year old rosie cooper and her ten year old nephew makayah mcdermott and seriously injuring two other children. it emerged in courtjoshua dobby has 53 previous convictions dating back to when he was 13. tom symonds reports. it was a summer s day. the family had been on their way to the park when this car came skidding off the road, hitting a bollard, lifting it into the air and down on top of three children and their aunt. the aftermath was horrific. there were five bodies under