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Appeals against 2020 grades stutter on eight months after fiasco

Pupils and their families are still fighting teacher grades eight months after they were awarded last year, despite ministers...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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‘Frankly scandalous’: ASCL challenges Ofqual over student work checks

School leaders’ union ASCL is challenging Ofqual over  ‘scandalous’ plans announced yesterday for every school to provide samples of student...

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Samantha Booth
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DfE knew scale of result downgrades before 2020 exams fiasco

The Department for Education knew the full scale of downgraded results before the 2020 exams fiasco, a Schools Week...

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Samantha Booth
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‘Accelerate’ £30k teacher starting salary pledge, says government’s recovery tsar

Ministers must “accelerate” their pledge to introduce a £30,000 teachers’ starting salary, the government’s own education recovery commissioner has...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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GCSE and A-levels: Ofqual reveals quality assurance evidence requirements

Schools will have to provide samples of student work within two days of being asked under the quality assurance...

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Samantha Booth
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Everyone’s Invited ‘considering’ publishing tally of school sex abuse cases

The Everyone’s Invited campaign is “considering” whether to publish a tally of school sex abuse cases – including a...

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Samantha Booth
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Chartered College ‘blueprint’ proposes national CPD quality badge

CPD should be quality assured under a national badge scheme to help schools and teachers choose the best provision,...

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Samantha Booth
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Regional schools commissioners: 6 key findings from the education select committee

MPs quizzed regional schools commissioners this morning on their roles and support to schools during the coronavirus pandemic. National...

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Ministers accused of dragging feet over school sex abuse

Ministers have been accused of ignoring repeated warnings over sex abuse in schools before being “shamed” into action this...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth