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2021 assessment materials to be published online after Easter, DfE confirms

Additional assessment materials provided by exam boards to help teachers award grades this summer will be published online after...

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Ofqual publishes proposals for autumn 2021 exam series

This year’s autumn exam series will be similar to the one held in 2020, but with GCSE exams potentially...

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Samantha Booth
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DfE’s Covid failures revealed: the NAO’s key findings

The Department for Education has been told to take “swift action” to review its response to the covid-19 pandemic...

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Exams 2021: Schools offered £200 grant to give private candidates grades

Schools will be able to claim a £200 government grant per entry to cover the costs of assessing private...

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Samantha Booth
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Government unable to back up promises on school mental health support

The government has pledged to accelerate the roll-out of mental health support teams (MHSTs) for schools – but was...

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Government asks Capita for cash back over cancelled SATs

The government is in talks over its £109 million contract with outsourcing firm Capita to manage primary school tests...

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Samantha Booth
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Inside the government’s plan to take tutoring mainstream

As ministers start the hunt for an organisation to run the National Tutoring Programme for its second year, Schools...

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Samantha Booth
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Exams 2021: 9 things we learned from Gibb and Ofqual at education committee

Schools minister Nick Gibb and officials from exams regulator Ofqual were quizzed this morning over plans to replace formal...

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Samantha Booth
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Speed read: What the DfE’s updated Covid contingency framework means for schools

Schools may be asked to restrict attendance to vulnerable and key worker children and certain year groups as a...

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Samantha Booth