The number of penalties issued to school and college staff for exam malpractice is up 48 per cent compared to last year, according to official figures from Ofqual.
The University and College Union (UCU) is calling for an overhaul of university applications after a new study found that just 16 per cent of predicted A-level grades are correct.
Lord Baker, who served as Education Secretary in the Conservative government from 1986-89, has questioned the government’s target for 90 per cent of pupils to study the English Baccalaureate (Ebacc), claiming that it has a ‘narrow academic focus’.
The Education Select Committee has launched an inquiry into assessment in primary schools to scrutinise how recent reforms have affected teaching and learning.
The Liberal Democrat Party has promised to ‘end the current system of SATS in primary schools’, warning that tests have become a ‘distraction’ in schools.
Oxford University has offered 59.2 per cent of places to state educated pupils, the highest proportion in at least 40 years, according to a report from the BBC.
The Welsh education system has ‘massive untapped potential’ and the Schools Challenge Cymru (SCC) initiative has a made a ‘significant impact’ within its first two years, according to a leading Welsh government adviser.
Independent schools have seen a decline in the proportion of pupils achieving A*-A grades, which fell from 49.3 per cent to 48.7 per cent over the last year, according to figures from the Independent Schools Council (ISC).
A large proportion of young people believe that schools and colleges are failing to adequately prepare them for the world of work, according to new research.