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Government exams chief: 2022 test changes will not advantage more able pupils

Changes to 2022 GCSE and A-level exams will not make them easier for more able pupils, the head of the Government exam regulator has said. Because of the disruption caused to pupils’ learning by the pandemic, pupils in England will be offered a ...

28 Jan 2022 at 12:55

Government exams chief: 2022 exam changes will not advantage more able pupils

28 Jan 2022 at 12:25

Union ballots sixth form teachers on strike action over pay award

Sixth form teachers in England are being balloted on strike action after they backed pay rising to exceed the cost of living. The Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) has offered a 5% increase, but the National Education Union (NEU) says ...

12 Oct 2022 at 13:32

Pupils receive GCSE results after Covid disruption to start of secondary school

Teenagers are waking up to their GCSE results in a year when grading is expected to be restored to pre-pandemic levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Hundreds of thousands of pupils are receiving grades to help them progress on ...

22 Aug 2024 at 00:01

Two Welsh schools named finalists for global education prize

A school which set up a “pay as you feel” food shop, launderette and uniform store to support struggling families is a finalist for a global education prize. Cadoxton Primary School, in Barry, south Wales, is one of two schools in the ...

12 Sept 2023 at 11:54

Sixth form college teachers to stage three more days of strikes in pay dispute

Sixth form college teachers in England will resume strike action this week in a dispute over pay. National Education Union (NEU) teacher members at 32 non-academised sixth form colleges will walk out for three consecutive days from ...

07 Jan 2025 at 00:01

Union ballots teachers in sixth form colleges for industrial action over pay

A teaching union is balloting its members in sixth form colleges for industrial action over pay. The NASUWT teaching union has launched the ballot in a fight for a fair pay increase for sixth form college teachers for 2024/25. It ...

13 Jan 2025 at 20:53

Further education sector left to run on fumes, MPs say

The further education (FE) sector has been “left to run on fumes”, MPs have warned, as they call for more funding and action to tackle “stagnant” pay. The Commons Education Select Committee has also said the policy that ...

23 Sept 2025 at 00:01

Pupils receiving GCSE results ‘may face more competition for sixth form places’

Pupils who are receiving their GCSE results could face more competition for sixth form places this year, it has been suggested. A rising number of 16-year-olds and a growing interest in sixth forms could mean teenagers ...

20 Aug 2025 at 16:52

Teenager who researched medical cannabis to study at Oxford

A teenager whose interest in medical cannabis has highlighted gaps in scientific research has secured a spot at one of the UK’s top universities. Ariana Howells, 17, achieved three A*s and one A in A-level biology, ...

14 Aug 2025 at 10:10

GCSE cohort receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’

Teenagers who moved from primary to secondary school in the middle of the pandemic are waking up to their GCSE results, with more than one in five entries expected to score the top grades. Pupils across England, ...

21 Aug 2025 at 00:01

Many students will have no suitable course of study under ‘reckless’ BTec plans

Tens of thousands of sixth-form students could be left without a suitable study programme under the Government’s “reckless” plans to reform post-16 vocational qualifications, a report suggests. Young people ...

14 Sept 2023 at 00:01

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