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 In the June edition of The Knowledge - free in Wednesday’s Chronicle - we look at some of the ways secondary schools ease the way for new pupils starting at daunting “big school”.

In a packed edition there’s news of the way some schools offer even very young pupils a first taste of reponsibility and decision-making - and how pupils at one school have extended their sense of duty to return to Africa laden with essential supplies and good intentions.

We see how one young man has overcome personal problems to do the job he loves and get the qualifications he desires; and how one former Oldham pupil did the same and is now on her way to becoming a hospital consultant, encouraging others to follow their own dreams.

We see how local schools handled their own versions of the recent General Election, and we offer tips on making your own, non-political kind of “personal statement” - and how it can help you get into university.

There’s news of student visits to foreign parts - and one school’s flight simulator experience, which might one day produce the pilots to get people there more quickly…

The Knowledge reveals how one school’s pioneering use of a remedial reading scheme is paying tremendous dividends - and how schools are joining the move to teach CPR to pupils in the hope of cutting the death toll both in school and the wider world.

There’s lots more in a packed 28 pages about the ways Oldham education is on the up and up. It’s a brilliant read - free with Wednesday’s Chronicle, and available separately in some outlets.