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Recruitment drive as Ofqual cracks down on non-compliance

Ofqual is beefing up its compliance teams as part of a crackdown on exam boards following high-profile mishaps and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News, Politics

McDonnell: We’ll replace and upgrade schools with share of £150bn fund

Schools will receive money from a new £150 billion “social transformation fund” under a Labour government, John McDonnell will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

DfE reminds schools to ‘avoid partisan activity’ as election looms

School staff are being reminded to “avoid activity that could be construed as partisan or favouring a particular political…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Astrea’s founding chief executive to step down after 4 years at helm

Libby Nicholas will step down as chief executive of the Astrea Academy Trust which she helped found four years…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

The show must go on! Government steps in to save school nativities

The government will fund councils to find alternative venues for polling stations to ensure school nativities and Christmas concerts…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Government commits £79m to extend music education hubs

The government will spend £79 million funding music education hubs for another year, despite concerns that access to the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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OCR becomes second exam board to breach re-mark rules

OCR will pay schools nearly £15,000 in compensation after becoming the second exam board to breach rules over exam…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE leaves security planning up to schools despite concern over new guidance

School leaders are “best-placed” to make decisions about their own security policies, the government has said, dismissing concerns its…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Revealed: The DfE’s six new character education benchmarks

A new set of “benchmarks” for schools to rate their character education against has been published by the Department…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE review to make MFL subjects ‘more accessible’

The government has launched a review into making modern foreign language GCSEs more accessible after Ofqual admitted it was…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofqual to make it easier to get top grades in GCSE French and German

The exams regulator will make it easier for pupils to achieve top grades in GCSE French and German from…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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iGCSE top grades easier to achieve, government study finds

Pupils who study international GCSEs are more likely to get top grades, but often underperform in their A-levels, a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker