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Exams 2021: What’s on the table as deadline looms

Despite waiting for months, Schools Week understands the government will fall short of its pledge to communicate the plans...

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Sir Jon Coles appointed to Ofqual’s recovery committee

The head of one of the country’s largest academy trusts has been appointed to a committee set up to...

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Schools Week Reporter
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Heads back university admissions shake-up as UCAS sets out ‘radical options’

Heads have backed plans to shake up the university admissions process so that pupils apply for places after receiving...

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Schools Week Reporter
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7 proposals to solve the 2021 exams conundrum

New benchmarking assessments should be used to provide “contingency grades” if summer exams cannot take place for most pupils,...

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Schools Week Reporter
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NTP providers issued funding threat over speaking out amid conflict of interest and cap concerns

Approving tutoring providers have been warned any future funding could be jeopardised if they speak about the scheme publicly...

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Schools Week Reporter
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DfE signals intent for National Tutoring Programme to continue beyond this year

The government has signalled its intent to extend the flagship National Tutoring Programme beyond this year – and has...

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Using mock exams as ‘back-ups’ could ‘compound’ disadvantage

Using mock as a “back-up” in the case of any disruption to exams next year could disadvantage poorer pupils...

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Schools Week Reporter
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Schools face cap on tutoring places as officials admit funding only covers 250,000 pupils

Schools may face caps on the number of pupils they can put forward for the National Tutoring Programme (NTP)...

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What new Datalab analysis tells us about Covid and school attendance

Pupils in the some of the poorest areas of the country are missing out on schooling the most, according...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter