Secondary school places - how did we do?
The percentage of students who received one of their top three preferred schools are:
- Devon: 97%
- Dorset: 93%
- Somerset: 98.5%
- Cornwall: information not available
Live updates
Schools begin legal action over GCSE changes
At least five schools in the west country have begun legal action over changes to the GCSE marking system.
Many students who were predicted to get grade Cs in their English papers actually got Ds.
Penryn College and The Taunton Academy are among those challenging the exam regulators Ofqual and exam bodies. They want the papers to be marked in the same way as those taken earlier in the academic year.
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Free childcare vouchers announced
Almost 1,000 two-year-olds in Cornwall are to benefit from free childcare a year early, after it was decided to bring forward trials in 10 areas of England to this September.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says 150,000 of the most disadvantaged two-year-olds will receive up to 15 hours a week of free pre-school education from September 2013, rising to 260,000 in 2014.