87 per cent of school leaders do not support the introduction of the compulsory GCSEs needed to fulfil the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), according to a new survey from the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL).
The Policy Exchange has suggested that schools should be fined with a ‘resit levy’ for pupils that fail to pass GCSE maths and English, to cover the costs of subsequent resits at further education (FE) colleges.
The Reverend Nigel Genders, chief education officer of the Church of England, has criticised changes to the GCSE system, arguing that they have led to religious education (RE) being ‘watered down’.
Large academy chains, exam boards and other education sector charities could face an apprenticeship tax to support the creation of new apprenticeships.
The proportion of students who achieved a C or above in their GCSEs has increased again this year, while the number of students achieving an A* saw a slight drop.
SALTEX 2015 is set to build upon its success last year with the announcement of an enhanced, all-encompassing and free to attend education programme called Learning Live.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would like to see every school have the opportunity to become an academy, outlining plans to expand the manifesto promise to convert ‘coasting schools’.
