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Researchers call for update to GCSE science to improve vaccine understanding

Researchers are calling for urgent changes to the GCSE science curriculum to help improve vaccine uptake and support learners in identifying misinformation. A study by the University of Portsmouth found participants who studied science up to GCSE ...

16 Aug 2022 at 12:37

Minister says value of qualifications must be maintained as exam grades to fall

Education minister Will Quince said the country must return to a position where qualifications “maintain their value” as he spoke about how exam grades are expected to fall this year. The Government says very few schools and colleges will get ...

08 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Majority of teachers lack training to support deaf pupils – report

Nearly 9 in 10 teachers say they have received inadequate training to support pupils who are deaf, a new study shows. In total, 86% of teachers in a poll of 5,332 primary and secondary school teachers by the National Deaf Children’s Society ...

18 Mar 2022 at 01:55

Exams must move on from ‘unsafe sweaty sports halls’, say headteachers

Headteachers have said that assessment methods should move beyond crowds of pupils sitting papers in “sweaty” sports halls. Pepe Di’Iasio, president of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said that GCSE and A-level exams ...

11 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Schools being ‘thrown to the wolves’ over league table decision

Schools are being “thrown to the wolves” over a decision to publish GCSE performance tables for 2022, headteachers will warn on Friday. Speaking at the annual conference of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) in ...

11 Mar 2022 at 01:25

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Ambitious 18 year old fundraises for Botox to stop profuse sweating that leaves her barely able to hold a pen and contributed to her quitting university

An ambitious 18-year-old is desperately fundraising for Botox treatment not to rid herself of wrinkles but to stop her profuse sweating which is so excessive she can barely hold a pen and has contributed to her quitting ...

24 Feb 2022 at 08:25

Decline in design and technology could narrow social mobility in engineering

The decline in the number of pupils studying design and technology (D&T) could be preventing children from poorer backgrounds becoming engineers, a new report suggests. A study from the Sutton Trust and the Bridge ...

23 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Online classroom shows older pupils more likely to misunderstand lessons

Older secondary pupils are more likely to misunderstand what they have learned in lessons than younger peers, new research shows. In analysis of nearly 100 million pupil quiz responses, captured through online ...

17 Feb 2022 at 01:55

Over half of teachers want to adopt online exams

New polling has revealed that over half of teachers would adopt online exams now if they were available in their subject. A survey by exam board Pearson Edexcel of 1,100 teachers revealed that 51% would use ...

12 May 2022 at 01:25

New crackdown on GCSE questions with middle-class bias

Exam boards have been given new guidance to make their papers more accessible. Tests should use clearer language, a clear and consistent layout, and “source material, context, images and colour in ways ...

12 May 2022 at 15:25

Heads say using SATs as part of Ofsted judgment on curriculum makes ‘no sense’

Headteachers have criticised the decision for Ofsted to use schools’ 2022 SATs and GCSE results as part of its judgment of curriculum impacts. The DfE announced on Friday that it will not publish KS2 ...

25 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Raising average GCSE scores will ‘disadvantage the disadvantaged’ – Lord Baker

One of the architects of GCSEs has criticised Government plans in the Schools White Paper, published on Monday, to raise the average GCSE score in maths and English from 4.5 to 5 by 2030. The White ...

30 Mar 2022 at 13:25

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