Politics

Profile: Robin Walker

Minister for school standards

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Ministerial portfolios: Who’ll be doing what in the new DfE team

We finally know what each of the six ministers will be doing

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Exams

Drop in A-levels diversity, and 4 more EPI findings

Key findings from the Education Policy Institute's report into A-level subject choice. 

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

2022 exams: Labour wants ‘standardised’ teacher grades as plan B

Labour has called for a “standardised” version of teacher-assessed grades as a plan B in case Covid forces another...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Exams

Gibb and Ofqual to face education committee hearing over exams

Schools minister Nick Gibb and the leadership of exams regulator Ofqual will face questions from MPs at an education...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

GCSE results 2021: Top grades rise to 30%, while disadvantaged gap widens

Three in ten GCSE results handed out this year were top grades, with the number of pupils scoring a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

‘Permanently rebase’ exam grades to 2020 levels, says former DfE adviser

Exam grades should be “permanently rebased” to 2020 levels despite fears about “baking in” grade inflation, a report by...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE set to pay majority of £10k medical school move incentives

The Department for Education is set to stump up most of the cash for a scheme which will pay...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

A-level results 2021: Which subjects saw the biggest rise in top grades?

This year’s record-breaking A-level results has seen the proportion of top grades issued to pupils increase to more than...

James Carr
James Carr