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Deadline for results checking service extended after tech issue

New data service hit by technical problems in the first year it has been moved back in-house to the...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Covid outcomes squeeze ‘waning’, but disadvantage gap widens

Union boss calls for 'renewed focus on low-attainment and disadvantage gap', after release of NFER report

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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Ofqual issues cyber warning over coursework as 1 in 3 secondaries hit

Scores of coursework could be lost from 'weak' security, as many teachers went without tech training last year, regulator...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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SEND pupils now allowed to listen to music during exams

Schools will also be able to use mental health support service referral letters to apply for extra support

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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VTQ and T Level 2024: 7 key results trends

North West has most T Level awards while engineering students struggle with industry placements

Jack Dyson
Anviksha Patel
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Heads slam ‘unacceptable’ above-inflation 2025 exam fee rises

Leaders say increases are unaffordable for schools and 'hard to stomach'

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
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Post-16 students studying narrower range of subjects, report finds

Decoupling AS and A-levels looks to have hit take-up for humanities while students 'increasingly' choosing from single subject group

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
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Personal statements reform to ‘level playing field’

Social mobility expert welcomes replacement of 'love letter' free text box

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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GCSEs 2024: More generous grades for French, German and computer science

Ofqual said language changes will align grades with Spanish, while computer science results found to have been ‘more stringent’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth