Opinion

School leaders: your ‘5 or above’ GCSE percentage is a headline measure

A lot of school leaders don’t seem to realise that the new “5 and above” rate is the measure...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

GCSE Results 2017: Are changes in your results normal?

GCSE results are out. Each year Ofqual produces boring-sounding variability charts. It’s a dull name, but very important data....

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

The reformed GCSEs are the qualifications this country needs

My daughter may not get the top grade but I’m cheering in the new GCSEs because they promise to...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

GCSE reforms: So… um… how exactly have they helped low-attaining pupils?

It’s nice to see Nick Gibb explaining how harder GCSEs are going to lift all standards. It must be...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Which accountability measures should schools prioritise?

With the DfE and Ofsted making clashing requirements, Liam Collins is forced to wonder which accountability measures and diktats schools...

Liam Collins
Liam Collins
Opinion

A-levels 2017: School leaders, are your results normal?

A-level results are out, and Ofqual has released its usual series of graphs showing the dips and rises in...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

A-level results 2017: How Schools Week will report the day and what to look out for

Editor Laura McInerney explains how we are going to report Thursday’s A-level results For the past two A-level results...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Ignore the rise in school-led teacher training routes – universities are here to stay

The Department for Education’s recent Teacher Training Performance Profiles for 2015/16 prompted inevitable cries in the media of “the...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Can a school decide to leave an academy trust?

As one regional schools commissioner ponders whether a school can voluntarily quit its multi-academy trust, education consultant Simon Foulkes...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn