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Opinion

This is what we can expect GCSE results to look like after CAGs came out on top

So, the game of rock-paper-scissors with kids’ exam results has been settled. If, at various points, we’ve had moderated…

John Dickens

PHILIP NYE

Opinion

Ministers have passed the buck to universities – here are the consequences

After days of growing pressure, it was inevitable government and the beleaguered education secretary Gavin Williamson eventually u-turned and…

John Dickens

AARON PORTER

Opinion

The U-turn may push grade anger towards schools – but at least we can defend our results

The A-level results last week followed a precedent set by the Scottish Advanced Highers and revealed there is just…

John Dickens

JON CHALONER

Opinion

Suspensions among pupils back up during second year of pandemic but exclusions still falling

The inelegant fix of awarding CAGs puts year 12s at the sharp end of this crisis

After days of uncertainty, we’ve learnt the government’s pathway out of their exam fiasco. In debates about appeals, admissions…

John Dickens

JANE CAHILL

Opinion

Automatic reviews of results lowered by more than one grade would rectify worst of the injustice

As the fiasco surrounding A-level results continues, Paul Whiteman says the increasingly political Punch and Judy show has served…

John Dickens

PAUL WHITEMAN

Opinion

A level results: Oxbridge applicants face multiple challenges

Coupled with the impacts of COVID-19 itself, this year’s exam results mean Oxbridge entry is harder than ever. Paarul…

JL Dutaut

PAARUL SHAH

Opinion

A level results: A fiasco destined to be repeated?

For all the apologies, Mary Bousted says there is little sign government is willing or able to learn the…

JL Dutaut

MARY BOUSTED

Opinion

This A level results mess could have been avoided

Only transparency about how calculated grades were arrived at can begin to fix the entirely avoidable unfairness of today’s…

JL Dutaut

DAVID HOLTHAM

Opinion

A level results: Predictable problems leave students and Ofqual under pressure

Failure to deal with predictable problems early on has only created more pressure for students, schools and Ofqual, writes…

JL Dutaut

NATALIE PERERA

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Opinion: Solutions

Five do-now strategies to ease the Year 7 dip

Here’s what we’ve learned from our programme to tackle disengagement in an area where the problem is pervasive

JL Dutaut

17mins

Rebecca Maw

17mins

Opinion: Inclusion

What the inclusion push can learn from Haringey

AP is a lifeline, not a footnote. Haringey’s model shows what’s possible when we prioritise its pupils and their…

JL Dutaut

Cllr Zena Brabazon

Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which…

JL Dutaut

Poppy Nobes

ITT

Degree apprenticeships are key to increasing and diversifying recruitment

Work to deliver the new qualification should continue at pace to meet recruitment challenges by making teaching more accessible,…

JL Dutaut

Melanie Renowden

ITT

ITT: Which is the odd one out?

The deeply flawed ITT reforms are a threat to sustainable teacher supply for purely ideological purposes, writes David Spendlove

JL Dutaut

David Spendlove

EXAMS

Exams

University clearing: How teachers can support students

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens

2mo

Sam Sykes

2mo

Exams

How sitting an exam re-affirmed my respect for our students

I still believe exams to be the best way of testing academic knowledge and understanding but they’re no bagatelle,…

JL Dutaut

James Handscombe

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