Exam results, News

LIVE BLOG: GCSE results day

Results are out today at 9.30am. We are celebrating everyone’s successes, but with a particular interest in schools in…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Exam results, News

Heads’ fears over GCSE results day

GCSE results day is, rightly so, all about the kids; their triumphs, disappointment, tears and leaps in the air….

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

Nicky Morgan library campaign branded a ‘hollow gesture’ after closures

Nicky Morgan’s “national mission” to get every eight-year-old enrolled at their local library has been labelled a “hollow gesture”…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Exam results, News

Where pupils live affects their A level choices, data reveals

Regional differences in post-16 provision could affect young people’s chances of getting into top universities, data released today shows….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Exam results, News

How long do GCSE remarks take? An increasingly long time…

Pupils needing GCSE remarks before confirming a college place are waiting increasingly long times, Ofqual figures show. On average,…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

Online A level courses grow as sixth form cuts start to bite

More pupils are signing up to study A levels from their bedrooms as sixth form curriculum cuts begin to…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


News

Morgan reveals details of mass migration probe – days after officials refused to release information

Education secretary Nicky Morgan has announced she is planning to widen the scope of her investigation into the impact…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

DfE asks for specialist support as Prime Minister says all schools should become academies

The Department for Education (DfE) is calling for £12m worth of specialist support to help develop the academy and…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

Ofsted releases biographies of all of its HMIs

Ofsted has released an online catalogue of all its HMIs (Her Majesty’s Inspectors). The inspectorate yesterday published an 82-page…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Exam results, News, Opinion

What policy conclusions can we draw from the A Level results in 2015?

Politicians often claim that results show their favoured policy reform worked – but do this year’s figures stand up…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Exam results, News, Politics

Hartsdown Academy pupil Holly gets top grades after devastating house fire

Cerebral palsey sufferer Holly Brooks, from Hartsdown Academy in Margate, is heading to Canterbury Christ Church University after achieving…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Exam results, News, Opinion

So after all the huffing about A level resits – it matters exactly 0.1%

Today’s A level results have moved at fingernail pace. The overall pass rate is up 0.1% and the proportion…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford