Qualifications

School staff to be given mental health training

26/04/2016 - 11:44

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 examines GCSE variability in year-on-year results

22/04/2016 - 12:17

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.

DfE accidentally publishes forthcoming test paper

21/04/2016 - 11:26

The Department for Education (DfE) has accidentally published a forthcoming test online, months before the exam is due to take place.

Muslim pupils should be excused from fasting during exams, ASCL advises

20/04/2016 - 11:05

The Association of Schools and College Leaders has declared that Muslim school children taking exams should be allowed to opt out of Ramadan fasting.

Tough marking on language subjects repels students

18/04/2016 - 11:51

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.

Independent school heads highlight ‘major problem’ with IGCSE

15/04/2016 - 11:25

Independent school head teachers have voiced concerns over the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) English Language IGCSE.

Education in England still ‘patchy’, FEA claims

14/04/2016 - 11:21

The Fair Education Alliance has published a report claiming access to good schooling in England remains patchy, despite some progress being made.

Ofsted highlights failing GCSE performance of Reading’s FSM pupils

14/04/2016 - 11:15

Ofsted has declared a ‘shocking fall’ in the GCSE performance of pupils on free school meals (FSM) in Reading.

35 per cent of specifications yet to be accredited, figures show

12/04/2016 - 12:10

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.

Reception baseline tests ‘unfair’, report finds

08/04/2016 - 11:53

Ministers are set to abandon controversial plans to judge primary schools according to new baseline tests for four-year-olds after a government-commissioned report found the move to be ‘inappropriate and unfair’.

Real-world maths launched to boost financial literacy

08/04/2016 - 11:48

The Eduction Endowment Foundation (EEF) has claimed that teaching ‘real-world maths’ could help GCSE students gain a better grade in their maths exam.

England’s pupils lag behind international peers, Centre Forum finds

04/04/2016 - 12:20

According to a report by the Centre Forum, pupil attainment is improving but still falls shorts of the world’s leading countries in education, including Finland and Canada.

NUT criticises over-testing in schools

30/03/2016 - 11:28

The National Union of Teachers’ (NUT) has accused the government of 'turning schools at all levels into exam factories’.

Excluded pupils to be included in schools’ grade profiles

24/03/2016 - 14:15

New regulations from the government’s alternative provision (AP) reforms directs that schools will be held accountable for the achievement of pupils they exclude until the child has been accepted at another mainstream school.

AS and A level students can still resit legacy exams, Ofqual assures

24/03/2016 - 11:24

Ofqual has declared that students taking legacy AS and A levels will have the opportunity to resit them if they want to improve on their results.