Schools

Rethink ‘flawed’ MFL GCSE reforms, heads and exam boards urge

Nine organisations question plan to make students learn a set of up to 1,700 frequently-used words

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Autumn GCSE exam entries drop two thirds

Exams organised for pupils unhappy with teacher-assessed grades receive just 5,700 entries

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

MPs launch inquiry into ‘effectiveness’ of post-16 qualifications

A new inquiry into the “effectiveness” of post-16 qualifications like A-levels, T Levels and BTECs has been launched by...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Exams

‘No one will be able to say I hid away in the Ofqual attic’

New exams chief Dr Jo Saxton says she likes a challenge. Just as well, as she faces having to...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Academies minister asks top LA schools to ‘share the love’

Baroness Barran speaks to Schools Week in first interview since taking the job

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Exams

Exams 2022: Ofqual confirms ‘plan B’ details

Exams watchdog says schools should 'guard' against 'over-assessment' of students

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Profile: Robin Walker

Minister for school standards

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

EBacc target even further off as entries fall again

KS4 data also shows how disadvantage gap has widened according to government's own metric

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour’s policies reveal dividing lines are forming

Starmer's conference pledges lack detail, but it would be unfair to expect a fully-developed platform at this stage, writes...

Freddie Whittaker
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