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Grade 5 will be the new, harder, GCSE pass rate

A 5 will be the new ‘pass’ grade when GCSEs switch to numbered grading, education secretary Nicky Morgan is...

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Guide to the New Ofsted Reforms: Shorter inspections, ‘exceptional leaders’ and complaints scrutiny

Michael Wilshaw has announced a series of changes to Ofsted practices from September this year. It was already known...

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Nick Linford
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Pupil wanted after teacher stabbed at Bradford school

A teacher was stabbed with a knife at Dixons Kings Academy in Bradford this morning and police are hunting...

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Nick Linford
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All pupils to take EBacc subjects to age 16, says schools minister

Secondary school pupils will be expected to take all subjects in the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) up to the age...

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Ministers to review University Technical Colleges in wake of Black Country closure

The University Technical Colleges (UTCs) programme is to be reviewed by ministers after questions from an MP over the...

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Only 2 in 5 uni admissions officers think A levels develop ‘independent inquiry’ skills

Only two in five university admissions officers think A levels prepare students for the level of independent inquiry needed...

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DfE non-schools budget faces in-year cut of £450m, Treasury announces

The Department for Education’s (DfE) non-schools budget faces a cut of £450m this year, the Treasury has announced. The...

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Coasting schools to get improvement notices under new legislation

Coasting schools will be handed notices to improve under plans due to be unveiled in the government’s new education and...

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‘Coasting’ school definition left out of Nicky Morgan education bill

Education secretary Nicky Morgan will have to present her definition of “coasting” schools to Parliament later this year after...

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