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Advance sight of exam board questions might be ‘good learning experience’ for pupils, says Ofqual chair

Going through materials provided by exam boards to aid with teacher assessment this year might be “a good learning…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Ofqual chair: Exam grade evidence not a ‘topic for negotiation’ between teachers and students

Evidence used to issue exam grades this year will not be a “topic for negotiation” between teachers and students,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Sir Kevan Collins: Covid has shown ‘weakness’ of ‘over-centralisation’ in education

Over-centralisation has been “revealed to be a weakness” of the education system during the Covid-19 pandemic, the government’s recovery commissioner…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Labour calls on DfE to ‘guarantee’ free school meals support over Easter

Labour is calling on the government to provide free school meals vouchers or cash payments over the Easter holidays,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers ‘abandoning’ poorest children as £180m pupil premium loss revealed

Primary schools across England face losing £180 million to help support their most vulnerable pupils after the government changed…

James Carr
James Carr
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School rebuilding: DfE to announce 50 more projects this year

The Department for Education has said it will add 50 more projects to its school rebuilding programme this year….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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2021 assessment materials to be published online after Easter, DfE confirms

Additional assessment materials provided by exam boards to help teachers award grades this summer will be published online after…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Full Ofsted inspections won’t return until September

Full graded Ofsted inspections will not return until the new academic year, with the watchdog instead looking at bringing…

James Carr
James Carr
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Ofqual publishes proposals for autumn 2021 exam series

This year’s autumn exam series will be similar to the one held in 2020, but with GCSE exams potentially…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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DfE’s Covid failures revealed: the NAO’s key findings

The Department for Education has been told to take “swift action” to review its response to the covid-19 pandemic…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Championing university access: Researchers in Schools

A two-year study carried out by university access charity The Brilliant Club has found that teachers with a PhD…

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Attendance: 1 in 10 secondary pupils not in school in second week of reopening

More than one in ten secondary pupils were not in school yesterday, the day attendance for older pupils became…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker