News GCSE grade changes increase by 52% – mostly due to GCSE English The number of GCSE grades changed at a marking review this year has increased by 52 per cent, with… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Ofqual to consult on reducing cheating by teacher-examiners Ofqual will consult on how to reduce the risk of cheating where teachers write exam papers, including monitoring social… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Number of maintained schools in deficit up 46% Hundreds more local authority maintained schools had a budget deficit in 2016-17 than the year before, new data from… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Ofqual reports on difficulty of new ‘fat maths’ GCSEs Ofqual has analysed the difficulty of the new maths GCSEs, as part of its 2017 summer exam series report, and… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News 511 primary schools under floor standards (or 546 if you’re picky) Fewer primary schools have fallen below floor standards this year, but more have been defined as “coasting”, according to… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News, Opinion What are the ACTUAL new policies in Greening’s action plan? Justine Greening has finally published her social mobility action plan, entitled ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’. Much of it includes… Laura McInerney 7y Laura McInerney 7y News Greening: ‘Coasting’ schools will only change leadership in ‘rare cases’ Justine Greening has announced that schools labelled “coasting” will be given a package of support rather than an enforced… Laura McInerney 7y Laura McInerney 7y News ‘Unlocking talent, fulfilling potential’: Greening to launch social mobility action plan There will be reforms to the free schools programme, a review of provision for excluded pupils, and a new… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Academy trusts to be named and shamed for late and missed financial returns The government will name and shame academy trusts which submit their financial returns late or fail to send them… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Sixth formers to move to site of UTC that never opened An £8 million site that was purpose-built for a University Technical College that never opened will finally be brought… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Ofsted Annual Report: 65 inadequate schools STILL not converted after 17 months Over 60 schools branded ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted 17 months ago have still not been taken over by an academy… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Ofsted: More challenging KS2 SATs are leaving poorer pupils behind Harder key stage 2 SATs have resulted in a wider attainment gap between children on free meals and their… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y Newer 1 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 973 Older
