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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
Exam results, News

ANALYSIS: A level results 2015 subject by subject

A level results saw “no major change” today, with a very minor 0.1 percentage point increase in the overall…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott


Exam results, News

Further Maths A level sees 2.5 percentage point boost to A* grades

The number of pupils achieving an A* in Further Maths has jumped by 2.5 percentage points – the largest…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Exam results, News

A level results 2015: Trends & Stats from the National Data

A level results are out and here’s a round up of the main stats and figures: Overall Performance The…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Exam results, News

A Level Results Day: “No major changes” says qualification body JCQ

“No major system changes, no major outcome changes, no major entry changes” said qualifications joint council JCQ –  as…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Exam results, News

LIVE BLOG: A-level results day

Results are out today at 9.30am for A levels and 11am for AS levels. We are celebrating everyone’s successes,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Exam results, News

How Schools Week is going to report A Level results day… and why

Ahead of tomorrow’s A level results day we thought it worth explaining how we plan to report the day,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Exam results, News

A level pupils face hefty phone bills to call clearing hotlines

Students needing to call universities in the scramble for places due later this week can expect to face considerable…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott