GCSE grades improve but campaigners warn tests take a toll on mental health
Many young people have been left feeling “disillusioned, disengaged and stressed”.
Exams
Should exams be rescheduled so Muslims can fast for Ramadan?
Religious freedom must be considered in the light of children’s well-being
Improvement in our schools is not helped by Ofsted’s soundbites
For the second time this week the education sector has taken a beating, this time with the Ofsted report on the way that schools support high ability pupils.
Simply making exams harder does not guarantee higher standards
To date school leaders have not been consulted over the development of the new GCSE syllabuses so it is highly premature to design new qualifications before this consultation has been finalised. It is now time for our legitimate voice to be listened to carefully and acted upon.
Twigg: Gove’s plans will ‘take us back to the 19th century’ and risk a “decade of decline”
Stephen Twigg today warns Michael Gove’s Ebacc plans risk “ushering in a decade of economic decline”, taking Britain back to a ’19th-century education system’.
Comment: Labour wants a true baccalaureate approach in education
Stephen Twigg MP, Shadow Education Secretary Labour has today called a debate in Parliament on the Government’s shambolic plan for changes to exams at 16. We do need to reform our education system so that it equips young people withtest
Wales orders re-marking of GCSE English papers – will Gove follow suit?
The WJEC exam board will re-grade all GCSE English Language papers taken over the summer following ongoing concerns about how fairly candidates were treated.
Ofsted chief refuses to support Gove’s two-tier examination reforms
Will Michael Gove take on the overwhelming advice and opinion from the experts and renege on his unpopular plans to reform?