BBC Question Time, factchecked
We factchecked claims on school spending, grammar schools, free schools, and the UK's international educational performance Read
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Education
The UK's international education ranking
It’s important not to read too much into the UK’s rank alone, or draw conclusions from changes in our rankings about whether our education system is getting better or worse. Read
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Education
Spending on schools up to 2020
You can look at the schools budget in terms of the actual cash that’s being spent, the value of that cash after prices have risen, and how it divides per pupil. Read
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Education
Do poor grammar schools pupils make twice as much progress?
Poor children in particular seem to do particularly well at grammar schools (if they attend in the first place). Read
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Factcheckers take on fake news: our week on the air waves
Full Fact has been shuttling between London and Salford this week, getting the word out on how to tackle fake news. Here's how we got on. Read
Comment
Education
Most, but not all, free schools help meet demand for school places
To set up a free school in England you need to show that there’s parental demand, and either a basic shortage of places or a lack of good school places in the area. Read
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Health
The number of NHS hospital beds has fallen
It’s hard to say exactly how far NHS bed numbers have fallen in the past ten years, since the count before 2010 included different things. Read
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Immigration
Too soon to say if EU referendum has led to genuine falls in immigration
You need to tread carefully when drawing conclusions about today's headlines. Read
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Health
Hospitals: safety versus quality
The Prime Minister and leader of the opposition clashed over the number of hospitals which are unsafe and how many are good or outstanding during Prime Minister’s Questions. We factchecked their claim Read
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Health
Nursing training places
We don’t know yet how changes to NHS bursaries will affect the number of places universities offer. Read
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