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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
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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
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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


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London mayor Sadiq Khan announces £4.7m to ‘cut school exclusions’

A taskforce set up by the mayor of London Sadiq Khan will spend £4.7 million to cut school exclusions…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The subjects that qualify for extra post-16 funding

School sixth forms and colleges will get a share of an additional £55 million in funding next year, but…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE reverts to backing sole supplier for Teach First

The Department for Education appears to have abandoned any potential split in Teach First’s contract between several suppliers. Last…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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£18m to fund opportunity areas until 2021

The government has pledged £18 million to fund its “opportunity areas” programme for a further year. The announcement is…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Counting to 20 back in early years goals as DfE U-turns

The government has U-turned on plans to make pupils count to 10 – rather than beyond 20 – under…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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£500k repairs cash withheld from schools over cost-cutter visits

Ministers are withholding £500,000 for vital repairs from 17 schools because they haven’t agreed to a visit from Lord…

John Dickens
John Dickens