Government announce plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification as 620,000 year 11 students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4The government’s plans to make young people continue studying maths and...
Read MoreUCL researchers warn repeated exam attempts may dent students’ confidence and raise risk of dropping outForcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple resits has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research to...
Read MoreHigher education figures call on Labour to reverse tax on fees and warn institutions at risk of ‘going under’University leaders are warning of financial turmoil in British higher education, after new figures suggest a collapse...
Read MoreAs the exam regulator consults about introducing onscreen exams amid complaints of hand fatigue, a young aspiring journalist goes head-to-head with a self-professed expertThis week it was reported that students could soon be...
Read MoreBritain has been stripped of the spaces that allow for true social integration. But it’s easier for politicians to blame ‘outsiders’Every few weeks, another announcement. Immigrants must do this to earn the right to stay in the...
Read MoreProposal aims to tackle under-achievement by white working-class children and improve schools’ focus on readingPupils at state schools in England will face new reading tests in an attempt to tackle under-achievement by white...
Read MoreAttainment gap between pupils from wealthy and deprived areas closes only slightly despite being SNP’s core missionMinisters in Scotland are facing intense criticism over a sluggish increase in exam passes by teenagers from...
Read MoreThey have shaped the fortunes of young people in the UK for four decades. But now even the former education secretary who introduced these exams wants to see them abolished …It’s approaching 8.30am on a Wednesday in June...
Read MoreInterim report for schools in England to also recommend more emphasis on digital and media literacy, sustainability and climate sciencePupils should sit fewer GCSE exams and Michael Gove’s English baccalaureate faces being...
Read MoreDfE urged to delay ending funding of popular programme so that hundreds of students can complete their courses• Axing the Latin excellence scheme: a classic mistakeState school pupils taking GCSE Latin may be forced to drop the...
Read MoreAbout 34,000 Ukrainian children have fled to UK since Russian invasion – yet are unable to study their mother tongueUkraine is lobbying the UK government to give teenage refugees who fled the war-torn country the chance to study...
Read MoreNew GCSE was announced under previous government in 2022 but now ‘sitting in limbo’, says Mary Colwell, one of its architects The natural history GCSE has been shelved because it is “seen as a Conservative party initiative”, one...
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