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WomenEd invites flexible working ideas for schools

A national networking group for women in education is calling for ideas on how flexible working can successfully be implemented in schools. At their national conference in Sheffield last Saturday, WomenEd national leader Vivienne Porritt announced that she has been invited to contribute to a Flexible Working Summit organised by the Department for Education, on […]

Pearson merges Edexcel exams and textbooks publisher – but insists staff won’t mix

Education firm Pearson has merged its schools publishing and UK exams arms, but insists it has “robust firewalls” to prevent staff developing tests from also writing textbooks. Pearson’s UK schools learning team, which decides the content of its textbooks, has been merged with the Edexcel exam board. However, it has insisted it will continue to […]

The global education race: Taking the measure of PISA and international testing

To reduce the message of this book to its simplest form: PISA tests are carefully designed to be as reliable as possible within real-world constraints but journalists and politicians (yes, those equally despicable creatures) often use them to make invalid claims. This deceptively small book sets out to explain what these constraints are, how the […]

Anthony Seldon, vice-chancellor of Buckingham University and former Master of Wellington College

Anthony Seldon recently failed to get the government to agree to a new leadership college he would run. Undeterred, he has bounced back with a new wellbeing conference. But why? Anthony Seldon wants teachers and heads to get better at looking after themselves. As master of Wellington College he introduced happiness lessons. As vice-chancellor of […]

GCSE Results 2017: Spanish

Here are tables of this year’s GCSE Spanish results in England compared with previous years. Spanish GCSE results in 2017, compared with previous years Spanish GCSE results in 2017, compared with previous years: cumulative Percentage of pupils who achieved (at least) each grade Key Green: Higher than previous year Orange: Same as previous year […]

GCSE Results 2017: Religious studies

Here are tables of this year’s GCSE religious studies results in England compared with previous years. Religious studies GCSE results in 2017, compared with previous years Religious studies GCSE results in 2017, compared with previous years: cumulative Percentage of pupils who achieved (at least) each grade Key Green: Higher than previous year Orange: Same […]

GCSE Results 2017: Science

Here are tables of this year’s GCSE science results in England compared with previous years. Science GCSE results in 2017, compared with previous years Science GCSE results in 2017, compared with previous years: cumulative Percentage of pupils who achieved (at least) each grade Key Green: Higher than previous year Orange: Same as previous year […]

GCSE Results 2017: Physics

Here are tables of this year’s GCSE physics results in England compared with previous years. Physics GCSE results in 2017, compared with previous years Physics GCSE results in 2017, compared with previous years: cumulative Percentage of pupils who achieved (at least) each grade Key Green: Higher than previous year Orange: Same as previous year […]

GCSE Results 2017: Music

Here are tables of this year’s GCSE music results in England compared with previous years. Music GCSE results in 2017, compared with previous years Music GCSE results in 2017, compared with previous years: cumulative Percentage of pupils who achieved (at least) each grade Key Green: Higher than previous year Orange: Same as previous year […]