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GCSE results 2017: Standard pass rates steady despite major grading reform

Half of all pupils sitting the reformed GCSEs achieved a grade 5 – a “strong pass” – or above,...

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GCSE results 2017: More than 2,000 pupils scored 9s in all three reformed exams

About three per cent of grades awarded to pupils were the highest available in the newly reformed GCSE subjects....

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Costs of rebrokering academies to be published for first time

The mounting costs of passing failing schools between academy trusts are finally to be revealed by the Department for...

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New GCSEs dogged by ‘long tail of underachievement’

England’s efforts to boost its standing in global education rankings by overhauling the way it grades maths and English...

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United Learning removes advert for ‘unpaid internship’ in school after MP complains

United Learning, England’s fourth largest multi-academy trust, has removed a job advert for an intern to work in one...

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Opportunity areas exclude regions where attainment gap grows fastest, EPI finds

The government’s ‘opportunity areas’ fail to include regions where the gap in attainment between the poorest pupils and their...

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Neil Carmichael takes job at political lobbying firm PLMR

Neil Carmichael, the former chair of the education select committee who lost his seat as an MP at the...

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Dropping practicals from science A-level grades gets mixed response, says Ofqual report

The reformed science A-levels could be driving higher-ability pupils away from practicals, after mandatory experiments were dropped from the...

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Unions: DfE must ‘fully fund’ schools to offer higher pay rises

Five teaching unions have urged the government to fund pay rises and reject the recent recommendation by the School...

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Jess Staufenberg