Schools

Augar review: What schools need to know about university shake-up

Ministers have set out their plans for higher education reform

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Ministers scrap plans for post-qualification admissions

DfE says support for shake-up of university admissions was 'not strong enough'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

‘Ladder-up not levelling-up’: DfE urged to rethink student loan grade threshold plan

Ministers are considering blocking pupils without certain grades from getting student finance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Only use exam board websites to access advance information, schools told

Boards are trying to prevent misinformation spreading online

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Opinion

Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not

The government's new policies will allow every child to benefit from education, no matter where they live, says Robin...

Freddie Whittaker
Robin Walker
Exams

Swap ‘cliff-edge’ GCSEs for ‘test when ready’, says exams review

Independent Assessment Commission says qualifications are 'inequitable and unreliable'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Ministers urged to review exams plan amid covid disruption

School leaders concerned 'trust in the fairness of exams process will falter'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Academics want reform of ‘narrow’ phonics focus

Study claims teaching reading in England has been 'less successful' under new approach

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Plan to remove teachers’ hours cap ditched from white paper

New DfE team shelves policies drawn up by former education secretary Gavin Williamson

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker