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GCSEs and A-levels 2021: 8 things you need to know from grades guidance

The Joint Council for Qualifications has finally confirmed what schools need to do to award GCSE and A-level grades...

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Samantha Booth
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Everyone’s Invited: Rape culture website stops naming schools amid fears they take ‘disproportionate’ blame

The Everyone’s Invited campaign, which urges young sexual abuse survivors to share their stories on its website has stopped...

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Samantha Booth
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GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Exam board grading guidance published

The Joint Council for Qualifications has published its guidance for schools on grading for this summer’s GCSEs and A-levels....

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Samantha Booth
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MPs demand answers from ministers over ‘Wild West’ grading fears

Ministers have been warned over a “Wild West” grading system this summer with MPs demanding concessions to ensure a...

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Keep records of parent pressure over exam grades, Ofqual tells heads

Headteachers should keep records if their teachers come under pressure from students and parents to boost exam grades because...

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Samantha Booth
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Former Ofsted head to lead new charity set up by EEF to run flagship tutoring scheme

A former Ofsted chief inspector will head a new charity that is hoping to takeover running the government’s flagship...

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Samantha Booth
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£22m from recovery premium to ‘accelerate’ numeracy and literacy progress

The government is planning to set up a National Tutoring Programme-style subsidised scheme to “accelerate” pupils’ progress in numeracy...

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Advance sight of exam board questions might be ‘good learning experience’ for pupils, says Ofqual chair

Going through materials provided by exam boards to aid with teacher assessment this year might be “a good learning...

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Sir Kevan Collins: Covid has shown ‘weakness’ of ‘over-centralisation’ in education

Over-centralisation has been “revealed to be a weakness” of the education system during the Covid-19 pandemic, the government’s recovery commissioner...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth