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Unhappy exam students can use mock exam results – reports

Pupils in England will be allowed to use “mock exam results” if they are unhappy with the grades they…

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Starmer: Government risks ‘robbing a generation of their future’

The government risks “robbing a generation of young people of their future” unless it addresses concerns about unfairness in…

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Freddie Whittaker
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Scotland withdraws all downgraded exam grades

Scotland will withdraw around a quarter of standardised exam grades issued last week, in a move that raises questions…

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Coronavirus: Don’t ‘read too much’ into ‘work in progress’ data on transmission in schools, says minister

A health minister has warned against reading “too much” into data from an incomplete study on the transmission of…

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Hold places for appealing A-level students, minister tells universities

Universities should hold places for pupils who choose to appeal against their A-level grades, the government has said. In…

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Government to hand councils £40m to help with home-to-school transport

Councils will receive £40 million in funding from the government to help get children to school in September amid…

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Heads call for exam appeal fees to be waived as schools brace for deluge of challenges

Fees should not be charged for appeals against exam results this year to ensure there is a “level playing…

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Four things we learned from the EPI’s analysis of 2021-22 school funding allocations

Efforts to “level-up” school funding in England will benefit better-off pupils more than their poorer peers, according to new…

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Pupils required to self-isolate will not be marked ‘absent’, DfE confirms

Pupils who do not attend school because they have to self-isolate or quarantine will not be recorded as absent,…

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Exams 2020: Ofqual confirms final appeals process for GCSEs and A-levels

Schools will be able to appeal against GCSE and A-level results if they feel data used to standardise grades…

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Freddie Whittaker
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Sixth forms cry foul over ‘unwelcome’ rule change restricting use of 16-19 tuition fund

A rule change which restricts the use of the 16 to 19 tuition fund for sixth forms and colleges…

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Freddie Whittaker
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Labour seeks assurances over GCSE and A-level results amid claims of unfairness in Scotland

Labour is seeking “urgent assurances” from the government that the GCSE and A-level results process in England will treat…

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Freddie Whittaker