Ofsted

Review Ofsted grades, reliability and complaints, trust body says

Key findings: Seven suggestions to improve Ofsted inspections according to the Confederation of School Trusts

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Teachers at affluent schools more likely to face parent grade pressure, study finds

Teachers in affluent schools were more likely to be pressured by pushy parents to boost their child’s grades this...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Unions: Allow grade inflation next year – but not as much as 2020

Education unions have said it would be “unconscionable” for this year’s exam results to be pegged to grades achieved...

James Carr
James Carr
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20k autumn A-level ‘resit’ entries – with maths and science most popular

There are more than 20,000 entries for the A-level ‘resits’ this autumn following the government’s summer grading debacle, new...

James Carr
James Carr
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Ofqual mulls grading change for language and science A-levels

Ofqual is considering a change to the grading of A levels in modern languages and the sciences, if it...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Ofqual’s 2017 exam survey: the main findings

Fewer people understand how GCSEs work since the new 9 to 1 grading system came in. The exams regulator...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson