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20k autumn A-level ‘resit’ entries – with maths and science most popular

There are more than 20,000 entries for the A-level ‘resits’ this autumn following the government’s summer grading debacle, new…

James Carr
James Carr
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Outstanding schools set for Ofsted inspections next year – but may face 6-year wait

Outstanding schools are set to be inspected again when Ofsted inspections resume next year – but it will now…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Going through the motions: What NEU members will debate at their special virtual conference

Members of the National Education Union will gather this weekend’s for a special virtual conference. The event has been…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE pulls out of major TALIS survey to ‘reduce considerable workload burden’

England will not take part in a major international survey that ranks countries based on their teacher working conditions…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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MPs to look at ‘more active’ inspection role in new home education inquiry

MPs have launched an inquiry into home learning which will include looking at the role inspections should play in…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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NEU launches ‘school Covid map’ website

The National Education Union has launched a website to show the Covid infection rate around individual schools. The Covid-19…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Campaign calls for BAME author quotas in GCSE study lists

Exam boards should ensure “at least a quarter of authors” in GCSE English literature specifications are from ethnic minority…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Self-isolating pupils who miss Autumn resits face entering 2021 exams

Pupils who can’t sit exams during the additional Autumn series face having to wait until next year to try…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Coronavirus: Nearly one in six secondaries not fully open, DfE data suggests

Around 1,500 schools have now been forced to partially close, with as many as one in six secondary schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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23 trusts submitted financial returns late

The government has named and shamed 23 academy trusts that were late in submitting financial returns in the last…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE introduces intelligence gathering to monitor exclusions ‘in real time’

The government is switching to monitoring changes in the use of exclusions and other disciplinary measures “in real time”,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Cancel culture’, gender stereotypes and ‘extreme political stances’: What new DfE guidance says about RSE

New guidance on the teaching of relationships and sex education has been published by the Department for Education. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker