Opinion

Secondary moderns must have a voice, too

Grammar schools are back in the news with Nicky Morgan’s approval of a Kent school’s expansion. But they’ve never...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Surge in entry to ‘traditional subjects’ as schools sign up to Ebacc

More pupils are being entered into ‘traditional’ subjects such as maths and science in response to the Ebacc, Ofqual...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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GCSE exam results to be released early to help parents with secondary school choice

The government has announced today it will start releasing provisional GCSE results in mid-October so parents can use them...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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School changes pupils’ GCSEs mid-course and blames Progress 8 compliance

Work experience cut and pupils’ GCSEs changed mid-course to be league table ‘compliant’ A Cambridgeshire school has cancelled a...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Pupil premium: is the £2.5bn cash injection raising standards?

Schools Week is exploring the way vulnerable groups of learners have fared under the coalition. In the third of...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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7 Education Ideas That Could Change Everything

When men become heads of their schools, they receive a pay rise of roughly £8,000. For women that figure...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Are schools really making the GCSE grade?

Schools have now had a week to digest the GCSE league tables released by the Department for Education. But...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden