26/07/2017 - 11:19
According to the DfE’s annual school workforce survey, the amount of teachers without formal qualifications has increased by over 60 per cent in four years.
26/07/2017 - 10:44
Arts leaders have condemned the government’s decision to go ahead with the English Baccalaureate as “short-sighted” and “ridiculous”.
05/05/2017 - 11:16
Poor pupils with the same SATs score as richer peers do worse in grammar school entrance exams, research shows
15/12/2016 - 11:13
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.
08/12/2016 - 11:54
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.
02/12/2016 - 11:38
It has been confirmed that art history a-level will not be discontinued, after a successful campaign to save the subject.
10/11/2016 - 10:54
Attainment in UK schools among disadvantaged pupils varies dramatically between different ethnicities, with white working class boys achieving the
24/10/2016 - 10:44
Over 100 academics have signed a letter calling on the AQA exam board to reconsider its decision to scrap the art history A-level.
28/09/2016 - 11:04
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’.
23/09/2016 - 11:00
The Education Select Committee has launched an inquiry into assessment in primary schools to scrutinise how recent reforms have affected teaching and learning.
22/09/2016 - 11:42
War Horse author Michael Morpurgo has warned that too much testing in schools risks killing the joy of reading for children.
21/09/2016 - 10:27
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.
08/09/2016 - 09:45
Ofqual has confirmed how the new GCSE grades, which will be graded from 9 to 1, will be awarded.
05/09/2016 - 12:00
The first National Reference Test (NRT), designed to better inform the awarding of GCSE grades, has been given the go ahead to take place in 2017.
05/09/2016 - 11:44
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.
