News

DfE ditches statement suggesting top unis support EBacc subjects

The government has ditched a statement on its website stating that the country’s top universities believe the EBacc subjects...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Scrap EBacc and reform Progress 8 to tackle creative subjects slump, ministers told

Ministers should ditch the EBacc and reform the Progress 8 performance measure to arrest the slump in the number...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News

Spielman: ‘Red herring’ to blame plunge in D&T numbers solely on EBacc

Ofsted’s chief inspector has defended the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) as being the main driver of plunging pupil numbers for...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News

Revealed: The three inconvenient truths about the EBacc

The government is facing renewed calls to review its controversial EBacc accountability measure after three separate claims by ministers...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Feature

GCSE results 2018: Send us your (non-traditional) success stories!

Teenagers across England will find out the results of their GCSEs tomorrow. Every year, Schools Week takes an alternative...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Art & Design GCSE entries stay strong in face of EBacc

Fewer pupils have been entered for non-EBacc subjects this year, except in art and design which has bucked the...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

PE teachers lured into shortage subjects via new plan

The government’s new scheme to get PE trainees teaching EBacc subjects is splitting the schools community. The Association for...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Languages responsible for drop in EBacc entries

The proportion of pupils entering the EBacc has dropped for the first time, new data shows, and experts claim...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

EBacc results 2017: Entries drop as academies perform strongest

The government has released provisional key stage 4 data this morning that reveals how schools have fared in headline...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg