Schools Minister Nick Gibb has said that tougher tests for primary school children are needed to encourage pupils to utilise a ‘beautiful command of English’.
Ofsted chief Michael Wilshaw has voiced support of the government’s plans to impose tougher primary tests, after a campaign was held opposing the move.
According to research by Which? an increasing number of university applicants are realising they have picked the wrong subjects at age 16, at a time when it is too late.
Thousands of parents in England are set to keep their children off school for a day, as part of the ‘Let Our Kids Be Kids’ campaign protesting the introduction of tougher new Sats.
According to analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA), local authority schools achieve a higher rate of ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rankings than academies.
Mental health charity the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust will fund £175,545 to provide one-to-one training for over 1,000 members members of school staff across southern and western England.
Ofqual has published a report analysing the pattern of variability in the outcomes of schools and college GCSE results, in a bid to understand the patterns of volatility in the qualifications system.
According to a report by the British Council and Education Development Trust, the interaction of more rigorous marking for GCSE languages is putting pupils off taking the subject.
New figures from Ofqual have shown that around 35 per cent of new GCSE and A-Level qualifications, due to be taught from September, have still not been approved.
