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Exam appeals rise again as new reforms rolled out to all GCSEs

The number of appeals against GCSE and A-level exam grades rose by 45 per cent last year as new...

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Spielman: People are ‘perhaps more frightened than they actually need to be’ about school returns

Ofsted’s chief inspector has  claimed people are “more frightened than they actually need to be” about a full return...

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James Carr
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Coronavirus: Teachers and pupils to be tested in new ‘surveillance study’

Teachers and pupils across England will receive new coronavirus testing to “assess and monitor” the spread of the disease...

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Coronavirus: QTS extension for trainees who haven’t made ‘adequate progress’

A “small minority” of trainee teachers who have fallen behind due to the coronavirus pandemic will have until December...

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James Carr
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Recruitment fears as schools withdraw training placements

A “worryingly high” number of schools have pulled out of offering teacher training placements for the next academic year...

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James Carr
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Coronavirus: 4 in 10 primary schools did not take more pupils on June 1, says NEU

More than four in 10 primary schools ignored government pleas to reopen more widely to pupils on Monday, England’s...

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Coronavirus: AQA exam portal is ‘ripe for human error’, schools warn

An exam board’s online portal that requires schools to input potentially thousands of teacher-assessed grades one-by-one is “ripe for...

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James Carr
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Did the government take its eye off the ball on pandemic planning?

In 2008, the DfE produced detailed guidance on how to continue learning if schools closed due to a pandemic....

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James Carr
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DfE spent £50k trying to hide academy chief vetting failure

The Department for Education spent almost £50,000 attempting to keep secret its failure to properly vet a businessman it...

James Carr
James Carr