News

Exams 2021: Heads will have to confirm pupils have learned ‘sufficient content’ for progression

Headteachers will have to confirm GCSE and A-level students have been taught “sufficient content” to allow them to progress...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Exams 2021: Externally-set questions to be ‘optional’ for schools

Schools won’t be forced to use externally-set questions when determining their pupils’ GCSE and A-level grades this year, the...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Exams 2021: What we know so far about the government’s plans

The government has confirmed some of its plans for replacing GCSE, A-level and vocational exams this summer, with teacher...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Lord Agnew makes Inspiration Trust comeback as he returns to trustee role

Former academies minister Lord Agnew is to rejoin the academy trust he helped found as a trustee, it has...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Exams 2021: 300,000 students could face ‘unfair’ grading, warn disability groups

Hundreds of thousands of pupils could face “unfair” exams grading this summer if their accessibility needs are not properly...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Cambridge International cancels iGCSE exams and moves to teacher assessment

Cambridge International is moving to teacher assessment for its iGCSE qualifications in the UK, the exam board has announced....

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Primary-aged children had second highest Covid-19 rates in early February, REACT study finds

Primary school aged children had the second highest levels of Covid-19 infection in early February, according to the latest...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

England outspends Wales and Northern Ireland on catch-up, but funding is ‘poorly-targeted’

England has committed the second highest amount of funding for pupil catch-up schemes out of the four nations in...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Just 6,400 teachers eligible for a pay rise in 2021, and 5 other things we learned from the government’s STRB evidence

Only around 6,400 unqualified teachers will be eligible for a pay rise this year, the government has predicted. The...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth