Ofsted

Some Ofsted reports will seem more positive without headline grades

Three in five schools rated ‘requires improvement’ last year had two or more ‘good’ sub-grades

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Samantha Booth
News

GCSE results 2024: 7 key trends in England’s data

Exam results are published for the second year of 'normal' results since the pandemic disruption

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Samantha Booth and Jack Dyson
News

A-level results 2024: 8 key trends in England’s data

Here's what you need to know from the second year of 'normal' results since the pandemic

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Samantha Booth
Assessment

SATs helpline struggling, and 9 more findings from STA accounts

Agency plans to 'transform' how it engages with schools, but still misses phone targets

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Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
Pay and conditions

STRB backs careful move to targeting pay by subject

If 'done well' targeting pay by subject might be 'a useful approach' to address shortage subject recruitment in a...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Curriculum

EEF boss Professor Becky Francis to lead Labour curriculum review

Labour is expected to announce her appointment shortly

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Samantha Booth
Assessment

Personal statements reform to ‘level playing field’

Social mobility expert welcomes replacement of 'love letter' free text box

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

GCSEs 2024: More generous grades for French, German and computer science

Ofqual said language changes will align grades with Spanish, while computer science results found to have been ‘more stringent’

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Samantha Booth
Politics

Ex-schools minister to advise firm with several DfE contracts

Nick Gibb gets consultancy gig to help Education Development Trust 'export' their work abroad

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth