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DfE extends emergency school admission appeals flexibilities until September

Flexibilities in the way school admission appeals are handled have been extended until the end of September. The school...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE to consult on post-qualification admissions as Williamson signals ‘radical change’

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has signalled plans to “radically change” the university admissions system which is “letting down” the brightest...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Universities back post-qualification admissions but shoot down move to January start

A major review into university admissions is calling for places to be offered after students have been awarded grades...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Admission appeal panels could be held by phone or video call

The government is considering allowing admission appeals to be heard by telephone or video call, after a senior official said...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Variation requests soar as primaries downsize, and 6 other OSA annual report findings

The official in charge of regulating schools’ admissions arrangements has published her annual report. Shan Scott, the chief schools...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Grammar school ordered to tweak admissions policy following second home row

A heavily oversubscribed grammar school has been ordered to amend its admission arrangements after a parent complained that it...

John Dickens
John Dickens