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Just 18% of teachers say Ofsted is ‘trusted and reliable’

Fewer than one in five teachers now believe Ofsted is a “reliable and trusted” judge of school standards after…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Pearson hikes grade boundaries for BTEC Tech Awards

Pearson has upped the grade boundaries for BTEC Tech Awards just days before pupils are due to collect their…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE tells QTS gaffe victims: Accept £100 compensation or lawyer up

The Department for Education has refused to increase the “pathetic” level of compensation offered to would-be teachers who were…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Licence fees to almost double for cash-strapped UTCs

The Baker Dearing Trust is set to double the membership fee that university technical colleges have to pay, meaning…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Boris Johnson vows to give schools ‘powers they need to deal with bad behaviour’

Prime minister Boris Johnson has pledged today to give schools the “powers they need to deal with bad behaviour…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Brexit and climate change said to be behind surge in politics A-level

Brexit and discussions around global warming have contributed to the almost 10 per cent surge in pupils studying political…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon


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Exam boards ‘confident’ in maths A-level grades as investigation launched

Exam boards have insisted they are “confident” in the grade boundaries set for A-level maths after Ofqual launched an…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Exam results, News

A-level results 2019: Subject tables

To see how your students have done in their A-levels compared to other students nationwide, Education Datalab has produced…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

A-level results 2019: Spanish overtakes French as most popular language

Spanish has become the most popular modern foreign language at A-level in England, overtaking French for the first time….

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

A-level results 2019: 5 key trends in England’s data

A-level results are out! Here’s what we know…   1. Overall performance in England* The proportion of A* and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

A-level results 2019: Girls overtake boys for first time ever in science

Girls have overtaken boys in the number of entries to take science A-levels for the very first time. Data…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

A-level results 2019: Top grades in England slump to lowest level in 12 years

The proportion of top A-level grades handed out to pupils in England has fallen to its lowest level in…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross