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Maths and science teachers ‘least knowledgeable’
History and English teachers are likely to be more “knowledgeable” and have better degrees than those teaching maths, languages and science, the latest Good Teacher Training Guide suggests.
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Rote learning: easy as ABC – but is it as useful?
Education Secretary Michael Gove reiterates his determination to introduce a culture of tougher exams – but his desire to put rote learning at its core is going down surprisingly well.
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Parents: keep our kids in school over lunchtime
Three out of four parents agree that children should be made to stay in school at lunchtime to stop them buying unhealthy snacks and takeaways, according to a survey.
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Under pressure teachers ‘boosted GCSE marks’
Teachers under intense pressure to achieve good grades are guilty of “significantly” over-marking pupils’ GCSE coursework in some schools, says the exams regulator Ofqual.
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Does Ofqual’s report prove Michael Gove right?
Ofqual’s final report did little to clear up the GCSE English marking fiasco but in highlighting how some teachers “generously” marked GCSE work, does it vindicate Michael Gove’s proposed reforms?
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45,000 to resit English GCSEs after marking debacle
New figures show that 45,000 students will resit their GCSE English exams, but headteachers called the resits a “gross injustice” arguing that the exams should instead be regraded.
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Questions over south London school ‘cheating’ inquiry
Why, 15 months after pupils and teachers submitted allegations of widespread cheating at a Dulwich academy school, have exam boards failed to conclude their inquiries?
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Teachers step up work-to-rule over workload concerns
Teachers belonging to the NASUWT union are to increase industrial action in a row over jobs, pay, pensions and workload amid “deep concerns” among staff over their profession.
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Pupil premium scheme making ‘little or no difference’
Pupil premiums, the government policy to help the most disadvantaged schoolchildren, are making “little or no difference” to half of schools surveyed, Ofsted warns.
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Ofqual ‘urged exam board to change GCSE grades’
Ofqual admits raising concerns with exam boards, after leaked letters show that the exam regulator questioned an exam board’s GCSE English results and ultimately overruled the grades it awarded.
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Q and A: What next for GCSE marks?
Ahead of an initial report on the GCSE marking controversy, Channel 4 News puts your questions to the exam watchdog, Ofqual.
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Regulator to probe ‘unfair’ GCSE results
The exam watchdog Ofqual promises to look again at GCSE gradings amid claims that thousands of pupils have been unfairly given a D grade in English instead of a C.
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Concerns over GCSE English grades
Concerned teachers suggest that GCSE English exams were marked too harshly this year after schools reported an unprecedented number of fails among their pupils.
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Top A-level grades fall for first time in 21 years
The proportion of students receiving top grades at A-level falls after years of successive rises, following changes in the way exams are marked.
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James Holmes: from neuroscience grad to mass murder Joker?
Colorado police are still grappling with possible motives as to why James Eagan Holmes, a middle-class 24-year-old neuroscience student, may have killed 12 cinema-goers watching a Batman film.