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Another Fail for Phillipson

Another Fail for Phillipson

It has been reported in the Telegraph that GCSE exams are set to be ‘slashed’ because they are having an impact on the ‘wellbeing’ of teenagers. An interim report ahead of the review ordered by Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary, said concerns were frequently raised about the ‘pressure that exams can place on students.’ Polling…

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Fighting talk

Fighting talk

Worrying new figures have revealed that more than 80 per cent of school leaders have been abused by parents in the last year. The poll of 1,600 members of the National Association of Headteachers said 10 per cent had been the victims of assault. Many are considering leaving the profession and others have developed mental…

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Two-tier standards shames government

Two-tier standards shames government

Following the guilty plea by Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana the government was out of the blocks quicker than Usain Bolt to order an inquiry. And yet it refuses to hold an inquiry about the decades-long systematic rape and abuse of young girls by men with mainly Pakistani heritage. There are grave suspicions that authorities…

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Fears of a digital divide in schools

Fears of a digital divide in schools

Press Release: An education expert and former government adviser has warned of a possible ‘digital divide’ developing in schools if exams become entirely computer based. Dr Stephen Curran was reacting to an exam board’s decision to phase out the traditional exam paper. It could lead to all papers being taken in front of a keyboard…

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