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Schools minister defends exam reforms

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:51 GMT

Article Detail: Fears that changes to AS-levels will harm university admissions are unfounded. That is according to schools minister David Laws, who has argued hi... more details
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Summer-born children need extra exam support

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:38:41 GMT

Article Detail: A new report, conducted by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, has argued that summer-born school pupils should have their exam marks boosted to compen... more details
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Village schools are outperforming inner-city peers, says report

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:05:50 GMT

Article Detail: A new report has revealed that children attending village schools in Britain are outperforming their inner-city peers. The study, conducted by the... more details
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Scots given access to extra exam materials

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:04:15 GMT

Article Detail: Additional support materials for new qualifications being introduced in Scottish secondary schools have been published. The move comes ahead of th... more details
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Children should spend more hours in the classroom, says Gove

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:37:47 GMT

Article Detail: Education secretary Michael Gove said that pupils in England ought to spend more hours at school each day. What's more, Mr Gove has also proposed ... more details
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Govt ministers to send congratulations letters to high achievers

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:34:47 GMT

Article Detail: As part of a government-led plan to help boost overall standards, smart pupils from poor homes who achieve top GCSE grades will receive a letter of c... more details
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Teachers named happiest overall at work

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:31:44 GMT

Article Detail: A new report has revealed that people in teaching jobs are the happiest demographic overall at work. Although some teachers expressed frustration ... more details
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Govt urged to tackle school place crisis

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:04:43 GMT

Article Detail: Around 60,000 children in the UK are set to be forced to attend their second, third or fourth-choice primary schools in September, it has been reveal... more details
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Teachers' performance pay set to be based on pupil progress

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:05:44 GMT

Article Detail: Teachers' suitability for performance pay is to be determined by pupils' progress and behaviour, it has been confirmed. To this end, the Departmen... more details
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UK children are facing win-at-all-costs pressure

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:05:15 GMT

Article Detail: A new survey has suggested that two-thirds of children in the UK feel under pressure to cheat at sports due to a win-at-all-costs culture. What's ... more details
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Debate over academies is finished, says expert

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:58:50 GMT

Article Detail: Andrew Webb, the new president of the Association of the Directors of Children's Services, has insisted that the debate about whether England's acade... more details
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NUT blasts free schools policy

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:49:51 GMT

Article Detail: The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has argued that free schools are being opened in parts of England where there are surpluses of places. Accord... more details
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Will Ofqual scupper govt's exam plans?

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:10:30 GMT

Article Detail: Ofqual, the exams regulator, could be about to scupper plans to scrap easier test papers for less capable pupils over concerns that the system will m... more details
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Labour Party issues warning over school places

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:02:33 GMT

Article Detail: The Labour Party has issued a stark warning about the potential future facing the education system, suggesting pupils in England could soon be taught... more details
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ATL boss bemoans performance-related pay concept

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:18:53 GMT

Article Detail: Mary Bousted, head of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), has urged the government to reconsider plans to link pay to their performance.... more details
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Study reveals 'stark' gap between rich and poor students

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:59:13 GMT

Article Detail: A report by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has warned of an "unacceptably stark" gap remains between the number of rich and... more details
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Schools are close to capacity, says report

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:33:40 GMT

Article Detail: The National Audit Office has warned that a million additional school places will be needed in England by autumn 2014 in order to meet rising demand.... more details
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Govt set to increase school sport funding

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:00:42 GMT

Article Detail: The coalition is set to make a major announcement about new funding for school sport in the next few days. That is according to a report from the ... more details
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Gove gets into war of words over 'defeatism' claims

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:59:14 GMT

Article Detail: Education secretary Michael Gove has become embroiled in a row over the state of schools in east Durham. Speaking at an event in east London las... more details
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Primary schools set to face tougher targets

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:24:48 GMT

Article Detail: With the government set to raise its test results targets, hundreds more primary schools in England could soon be labelled as underperforming. I... more details
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Truancy dropping as family help scheme starts working, minister says

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:01:23 GMT

Article Detail: The government has stated that efforts to address the problem of truancy in some of England's most-troubled communities are starting to yield positiv... more details
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Gove defends fee-paying schools

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:55:09 GMT

Article Detail: Education secretary Michael Gove has hit back at those who criticise government ministers and others for sending their children to a private school. ... more details
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Duchess of Cornwall helps launch reading campaign

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:05:32 GMT

Article Detail: The Duchess of Cornwall has helped to launch a new campaign designed to encourage more fathers to read to their children. The campaign comes on ... more details
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Ofsted blitz 'gives cause for optimism'

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:17:44 GMT

Article Detail: Education watchdog Ofsted has revealed that a recent blitz inspection on underperforming schools in Derby has helped to generate "cause for optimisim... more details
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Education expert bemoans inconsistent exam marking

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:08:50 GMT

Article Detail: Christopher Ray, chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, has blasted the standard of marking in UK schools. Indeed, Mr Ray ... more details
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More schools making good use of Pupil Premium, Ofsted says

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:54:10 GMT

Article Detail: An increasing number of schools across the country are making effective use of the Pupil Premium to raise attainment levels among students from low-i... more details
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Ofsted boss reveals details of new-style inspections

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:10:39 GMT

Article Detail: Education watchdog Ofsted has announced that local councils that fail to boost standards will be subject to new-style inspections. The overarchi... more details
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Stephen Twigg blasts 'outdated' curriculum

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:09:58 GMT

Article Detail: The Labour Party has accused the government of supporting an "outdated" measure of educational achievement. Shadow education secretary Stephen T... more details
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GCSE reforms may be too hasty, experts warn

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:49:17 GMT

Article Detail: Michael Gove may have back tracked on his decision to introduce English Baccalaureate Certificates (EBCs), but experts have now warned he may be rush... more details
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Union leader hits out at reform plans

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:04:39 GMT

Article Detail: Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, has become the latest public figure to blast new government-led reforms to the ed... more details
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Schools could introduce finance lessons from 2014

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:59:27 GMT

Article Detail: Professionals in teaching jobs are on course to witness a slight shake up of the curriculum from 2014 under the newest proposals. The draft nation... more details
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Northern Irish govt considers free public transport for pupils

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:56:04 GMT

Article Detail: Northern Ireland's education minister John O'Dowd has pledged to conduct a feasibility study into providing free public transport for all school pupi... more details
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Govt performs U-turn on GCSE plans

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:02:50 GMT

Article Detail: The government is set to perform a dramatic U-turn on plans to scrap GCSEs in key subjects in England and replace them with an English Baccalaureate ... more details
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League table rankings are not accurate, says expert

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:17:00 GMT

Article Detail: Education league tables ranking countries' performance by raw figures are an inaccurate measure of performance. That is according to a new repor... more details
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Schools must be more proactive in fighting obesity, says campaign group

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:08:53 GMT

Article Detail: It is imperative that school children are better informed about nutrition and healthy eating if the UK is to avoid a full-blown obesity crisis. ... more details
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Michael Gove reveals education reforms

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:03:22 GMT

Article Detail: Education secretary Michael Gove has claimed that pupils in UK schools should be taught a "core knowledge" of facts and information as part of their ... more details
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Google welcomes computer science reforms

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:57:42 GMT

Article Detail: A spokesperson for Google has welcomed the move to make computer science part of the English Baccalaureate. In the recent past, the chairman of ... more details
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Govt defends GCSE exam reforms

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:16:14 GMT

Article Detail: The latest report from the Education Select Committee has reaffirmed the government's belief that radical reforms are needed to shake-up the exam sys... more details
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MPs voice concerns about GCSE changes

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:28:54 GMT

Article Detail: The Education Select Committee has hit out at plans to scrap GCSE exams, expressing particular concerns about the timetable for change. Accordin... more details
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Wales and England adopt different approaches to exams

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:11:46 GMT

Article Detail: In light of recent reforms, the exam systems of England and Wales are set to face even greater fragmentation. That's largely because the Welsh g... more details
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Ofsted boss bemoans underachievers

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:53:04 GMT

Article Detail: Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, has called for a "landmark report" into how state schools teach the most capable students. The move has... more details
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Impoverished kids need more help to pass entrance exams, says report

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:33:11 GMT

Article Detail: A new government-funded study has called on some highly selective state schools to do even more to help impoverished pupils to pass their entrance ex... more details
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PGCE applications are falling, figures shows

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:06:21 GMT

Article Detail: New data has confirmed that teacher training applications for subjects excluded from the English Baccalaureate have fallen alarming. In fact, th... more details
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Study reveals alarming skills gap among parents

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:08:20 GMT

Article Detail: New research has suggested that parents in the UK are struggling to grasp their children's mathematics homework because of confusion over new teachin... more details
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Financial education 'should be a cornerstone of the national curriculum'

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:23:31 GMT

Article Detail: New research, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, has revealed that a lack of financial education costs Britain as much as £... more details
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Govt announces A-level reforms

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:22:14 GMT

Article Detail: Michael Gove, the education secretary, has revealed plans to make A-levels in England more rigorous and also reduce the number of tests that children... more details
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Govt announces reforms to schools and college rankings

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:10:58 GMT

Article Detail: Under new government-led reforms, schools and colleges are set to be ranked according to the number of teenagers taking academic A-levels. The o... more details
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Research recommends raising the school leaving age

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:20:06 GMT

Article Detail: A new study has suggested that raising the school leaving age in the 1970s was still having an effect on their children a generation later. Conduc... more details
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Research recommends introduction of new maths qualification

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:14:59 GMT

Article Detail: A new study, produced by researchers at the Nuffield Foundation, has suggested that a new maths qualification is needed to encourage more students to... more details
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New survey reveals pressure faced by nurseries

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:57:25 GMT

Article Detail: The National Day Nurseries Association has warned that nurseries are coming under increasing financial pressure. A large number of parents are, ... more details
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Welsh schools to be given faster broadband

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:58:22 GMT

Article Detail: First minister Carwyn Jones has pledged to provide all schools with access to faster broadband connections. A £39 million investment is set to t... more details
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Govt figures reveal truancy rise

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:03:33 GMT

Article Detail: New figures, released by the Ministry of Justice, show that thousands of parents have been given criminal records on account of their offspring playi... more details
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Children are 'increasingly vulnerable' to bullying

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:01:02 GMT

Article Detail: Too much mollycoddling risks creating a generation of weak children, a respected head teacher has argued. Peter Tait, the head of Sherborne Prep... more details
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Summer-born children are 'being wrongly labelled as having special needs'

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:13:07 GMT

Article Detail: A new government-led study has revealed that children born in the summer are being wrongly classed as having special needs when they are simply young... more details
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Gove welcomes curriculum reforms

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:34:34 GMT

Article Detail: Efforts to ensure that young people develop a decent understanding of Britain's past are set to see Winston Churchill, Admiral Lord Nelson and Oliver... more details
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Schools are 'failing' young people, says expert

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:01:42 GMT

Article Detail: A campaign group has warned that nearly 50,000 of the brightest pupils are being failed by their schools. The accusation made by the Campaign fo... more details
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GCSE English students see rise in grades

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:22:20 GMT

Article Detail: New figures, released by exam board AQA, show that as many as three in ten students have seen their GCSE English grades rise following re-sits earlie... more details
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NUT expresses concerns over education advisors

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:15:09 GMT

Article Detail: The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has voiced concerns about potential conflicts of interest with people who are contracted to work as advisers in ... more details
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PE should be part of the Ebacc, says Sport and Recreation Alliance

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:00:06 GMT

Article Detail: The Sport and Recreation Alliance has implored the government to make physical education and sports part of the new Ebacc secondary school qualificat... more details
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Report underlines success of faith schools

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:56:45 GMT

Article Detail: New data has revealed that faith schools account for a disproportionate percentage of the country's best-performing primary schools. The figures... more details
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School sport performs a broad role, says Twigg

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:03:25 GMT

Article Detail: The government must do much more to embrace school sport and recognise some of the broader functions physical exercise can perform. That is acco... more details
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Govt accused of 'salami slicing' school sport

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:02:24 GMT

Article Detail: The coalition has been accused of failing to take advantage of the feel-good factor generated by hosting the Olympic Games earlier this year. La... more details
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DfE: Fewer primary schools are failing to meet targets

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:36:39 GMT

Article Detail: New data, released by the Department for Education (DfE), has confirmed that the number of primary schools in England performing below the government... more details
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Ofqual hits back in exams row

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:13:19 GMT

Article Detail: Ofqual, England's exams watchdog, has dismissed accusations that GCSE English grades awarded earlier this year were "unfair", BBC News reports. ... more details
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Union leader regrets GCSE battle reaching the High Court

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:08:42 GMT

Article Detail: Christine Blower, of the National Union of Teachers, has expressed regret that the battle over English GCSE exam grades has reached the High Court, b... more details
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Survey reveals alarming skills gap in maths

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:00:36 GMT

Article Detail: One in four adults has the math skills of a nine-year-old, according to new research, which has suggested that an alarming number of adults suffer wh... more details
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DfE defends overhaul of underperforming primary schools

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:09:46 GMT

Article Detail: The Department for Education (DfE) has reaffirmed its commitment to improving classroom standards, announcing that hundreds of underperforming primar... more details
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Maths expert delivers curriculum warning

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:58:35 GMT

Article Detail: A new report, conducted by the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (Acme), has concluded that pupils in England are only developing a "superf... more details
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Author calls for improvement in literature standards

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:11:25 GMT

Article Detail: War Horse author Michael Morpurgo has hit out at education secretary Michael Gove's approach to the literature, warning that he risks discouraging yo... more details
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Exams battle reaches the High Court

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:04:02 GMT

Article Detail: London's High Court is the designated battle ground for an unprecedented legal challenge of last summer's GCSE English results. The case is bein... more details
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Michael Gove endorses military-style training

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:09:41 GMT

Article Detail: Education secretary Michael Gove has outlined the reasons why he supports the introduction of projects which put former servicemen and women in Engla... more details
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Govt announces investment in new schools

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:11:59 GMT

Article Detail: Coalition plans to spend £1 billion on building and expanding schools in England will not cover the spike in demand for places. That is accordin... more details
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Ofqual issues GCSE warning

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:10:49 GMT

Article Detail: Ofqual, the country's exam watchdog, has warned that government-led plans to overhaul the system may undermine the quality of secondary school educat... more details
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New study underlines threat posed to school libraries

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:21:16 GMT

Article Detail: New research has suggested that school libraries face an increased threat because of concerns over the closure of support services. The Chartere... more details
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