Ofsted chief Michael Wilshaw has called on the government to reinstate key stage 3 exams, claiming abolition of tests had allowed standards to drop and has widened the gap between the rich and poor.
Industry leaders have called for a wider roll out of Scotland’s scheme to give every primary schoolchild the chance to go to the theatre at least once a year.
The National Audit Office (NAO) has questioned the Department for Education’s (DfE) spending on teacher training bursaries without measuring whether they are effective.
Analysis from the New Schools Network has found stark regional differences in the proportion of pupils studying A-levels in local state schools in England.
According to an annual admissions survey, launched at a Higher Education (HE) advisors’ conference, many officials believed students are not being prepared enough for higher education.
