News Ofqual analysis on 2020 grading: 5 new findings Ofqual has published two new reports looking at the use of centre assessed grades (CAGs) last year. Last summer’s… Samantha Booth 5y Samantha Booth 5y Covid Covid knocks permanent exclusions to lowest level since 2013 after pre-lockdown rise Permanent exclusions dropped by more than a third to their lowest level since 2013 last year, official figures show,… Tom Belger 5y Tom Belger 5y News Williamson slammed for ‘ignoring’ concerns about scrapping BTECs Twelve education bodies have today slammed the education secretary for “ignoring” their concerns and ploughing ahead with plans to… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Teachers at affluent schools more likely to face parent grade pressure, study finds Teachers in affluent schools were more likely to be pressured by pushy parents to boost their child’s grades this… Samantha Booth 5y Samantha Booth 5y News Bailed-out academy boss set for £150k payout, despite £1.1m budget hole A single academy trust facing closure has set aside a £150,000 payout for its chief executive, despite reporting a… Tom Belger 5y Tom Belger 5y News Union calls for formal review after OCR confirms 42% exam fees rebate Exam board OCR has confirmed it will give schools and colleges a rebate of 42 per cent of fees… Samantha Booth 5y Samantha Booth 5y News £45 million for schools to prevent violence ‘nowhere near’ amount needed Experts have warned £45 million package of school funding is “nowhere near” enough to tackle youth violence, highlighting a… Tom Belger 5y Tom Belger 5y News ‘Reckless’ spending and academy rule breakers: DfE reveals its school leader banning powers School staff involved in “reckless budgeting” or breaching academy funding rules can be banned from the profession, new government… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Remote learning ‘legal duty’ may be reintroduced next year, says DfE The government may once again place a legal duty upon schools when they return next year to provide remote… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Students are worried employers will see TAGs as ‘fake grades’, says Ofqual advisers Students are worried employers will see their teacher assessed GCSEs as “fake grades”, Ofqual has said, as the regulator… Samantha Booth 5y Samantha Booth 5y News MPs tell government to ‘shake up status quo’ on home education MPs have slammed an “astonishing” lack of data on the number of children educated at home, and called for… Tom Belger 5y Tom Belger 5y News Trust rapped over CEO’s ‘wholly irregular’ £38k car payments An academy trust breached funding rules after handing its chief executive “significant” extra benefits without board approval – including… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y Newer 1 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 1,025 Older