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Boys’ A-level performance set to rise this year, predicts academic

This year’s A-level results are expected to show a surge in performance among boys, despite a fall in top…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust fights on to pick its own feeder schools

A multi-academy trust will keep fighting to give pupils who attended its own primaries priority admission to its flagship…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England and Wales from September 2017

The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2017-18 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. Last…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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iGCSE results will not be published this year

iGCSE results data will not be published this year as it is fully removed from league tables and students…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pupils’ interest in going to university falls to lowest level since 2009

The proportion of school pupils who think they will go to university has fallen to its lowest level since…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Former Birmingham governor Waseem Yaqub banned from running schools

A former governor who was banned from his school’s campus for obstructing the work of his replacements has been…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Releasing SATs marking guidance ‘would increase teacher workload’, claim ministers

The government has refused to release its SATs marking guidance, claiming it would increase teachers’ workloads and increase pupil…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Confusion reigns over new rules for independent coursework reviews

Schools will have to commission independent reviews of GCSE coursework marks if pupils ask, according to new rules imposed…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Candidates announced for RSC headteacher board elections

The Department for Education has today released the full list of candidates standing in the election to become a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Funding cuts block schools from delivering mental health support

A lack of funding has led to schools not being able to set up sufficient mental health support for…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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University access gap between poor pupils and their peers widens

The gap between poor pupils and their richer peers gaining a place at university has increased, a new study…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Just 1 in 6 schools has character education plan despite £10m funding

Fewer than one in six schools have formal plans in place to build character in pupils, despite nearly £10…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden