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A-levels 2017: Boys overtake girls for first time in 20 years

Boys have overtaken girls to receive more top A-level grades this year, reversing a trend that’s lasted for nearly…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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A-level results 2017: UK subject tables

Here are the trend tables for A-level results in the UK since 2014, showing whether results have gone up…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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A-levels 2017: Drop in top grades in reformed A-level subjects

Pupils are less likely to have received top grades in the 13 new, reformed A-levels, results show. Among 18-year-olds…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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A-levels 2017: Top grades rise for the first time in 7 years

The proportion of pupils getting top grades at A-level in England has risen for the first time since 2010….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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A-levels 2017: 4 Key Trends From The National Data

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

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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New ‘careers leader’ apprenticeship for school staff proposed

Middle leaders in schools could be trained to deliver careers advice through a proposed new apprenticeship. The teacher training…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Headteachers struggling to find time for training

Headteachers are missing out on training opportunities because of funding shortages and heavy workloads, according to research commissioned by…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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We won’t know if opportunity areas have worked until at least 2021

The government won’t be able to gauge the impact of a £72 million project to boost social mobility in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School pupils move into three former UTC sites

Three former University Technical College sites will become schools next month after closing their doors earlier this year. UTCs…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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High Court ruling threatens Ofsted’s ability to publish negative reports

Schools receiving negative Ofsted reports are now more likely to attempt to block them, solicitors have warned in the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Judge: Durand management may have taken ‘eye off the ball’ over EFA squabble

Management at the under-fire Durand Academy may have taken its eyes “off the ball” due to an ongoing conflict…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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A-level maths is more useful for top university places than private school

Taking maths at A-level is more helpful for landing a place at a Russell Group university than studying at…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson