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Ofqual list: GCSEs and A Levels that WILL begin reform for 2017 – and those facing the chop

Ofqual, the qualifications regulator, has announced its final batch of GCSEs and A levels facing reform. Most ‘core’ subjects...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Carter Review response: Munday and Beer to the rescue on initial teacher training

Meet Munday and Beer, the Department for Education’s answer to initial teacher training (ITT) concerns raised in the Carter...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Election 2015: Education policies of all parties so far

Political parties have yet to reveal their manifestos but they have been making pledges in speeches and newspaper articles....

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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How the DfE will introduce curriculum and qualification change from now on

A finding of the government’s ‘Workload Challenge’ was that sudden changes to curriculum and performance measures caused undue stress...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Government response to education committee report on academies and free schools: the wills and won’ts

The Department for Education has published its response to the education committee’s report on academies and free schools. In...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Total eclipse of the sun: Guidance for schools (with thanks to Jaffa Cakes)

Tomorrow morning there will be a total eclipse of the sun. In the UK, we will get a partial...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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The Schools Commissioner wants you to know how well academies are doing, and he’s written a helpful letter

The Schools Commissioner Frank Green has written a letter He’s pretty determined that you put it up in your...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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5 recommendations from the Trojan Horse: Extremism in Schools Report

The Education Select Committee has today revealed its report into the ‘Trojan Horse’ investigations. It raises concerns that: –...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Two new Ofsted board members announced

A political advisor at BP and a think tank director have been appointed as new non-executive board members at Ofsted....

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott