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Education a failure to attain the required standard, as in an examination

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On the other hand,Waverleysaw the highest success rate locally, with people only failing the tests 12 per cent of the time.

A quarter of participants in Surrey failed British Citizenship test in 2017, could you pass? Among Surrey boroughs and districts Waverley scored the highest while Surrey Heath had the lowest success rate; Among Surrey boroughs and districts Waverley scored the highest while Surrey Heath had the lowest success rate

Common errors included failing to pay workers travelling between jobs, deducting money from pay for uniforms and not paying overtime.

Revealed: ALL 260 high street brands named and shamed for failing to pay minimum wage; Primark, Sports Direct and recruitment firm among culprits

July 11, 2005: One offence of failing to ensure a child attends school.

Previous convictions

Aiad Karim, aged 30, of Carmelite Road, Stoke, Coventry, failing to comply with the requirements of a community order, ordered to perform an extra seven hours' unpaid work.

Court In Brief

* failing to record key elements in the contingency plan

It can cost you

Penalty for Failing to Disclose Reportable Transactions

AJCA penalties for noncompliance with reportable transaction regs

Two years from now, that number is expected to grow to 3,600 of California's 9,000 schools, as NCLB's progressively-tougher testing standards push more California schools into the "failing" category.

Hire Ed: the secret to making Bush's school reform law work? More bureaucrats

Though arguably these factors may have been limitations of an investment device under rule 206(4)-1(a)(3), failing to disclose them rendered the claim misleading.

Investment adviser advertising: for the uninitiated, the SEC's complex rules can have unintended consequences

Perhaps the most useful information that has come out of this line of research is the understanding that the "failing" treatment does provide clinical benefit, although the patient clearly may be experiencing virologic failure.

Treatment interruptions in the salvage setting: what have we learned?

Robert Charles Walton, 43, of Aubrey Street, Middlesbrough, was banned from driving for 18 months and fined pounds 350 for driving without a licence, failing to produce a licence, driving without insurance, failing to produce an insurance certificate, driving without a test certificate and failing to produce a test certificate.

Scales of justice

Barlow faces six charges of professional misconduct for failing to promote and safeguard the interests and well-being of patients.

Nurse's failures put patients at risk, hearing is told

* In the fourth consecutive year of failure, technical assistance, public school choice and supplemental services will continue, but the failing school must also change its staffing or make another fundamental change.

Breaking down the new education bill: a look at what the various requirements will mean for school districts, as well as a list of changes to occur this fall