…Challenging the ‘gold standard’ of A-levels would obviously be fraught with controversy – amid growing concerns about university drop-out rates and the intensifying competition for degree places each year. But…
Pupil Premium: money matters, but nothing more than the teacher
…crucially, sharing – their ideas for decades. As a result, we are equipped with a vast body of knowledge of what has worked in the past (as well as what…
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…premium funding was. The most common priority for spending, identified by over a quarter of teachers (28%), was on early intervention schemes. 13% said that more 1:1 tuition was a…
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…classmates, according to new research published by education charity the Sutton Trust. The study by Oxford University found that by year 9 at secondary school, when children are 13 or…
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…results”. Many teachers are now too young to get the cultural reference to the 1980s’ pop group who, with Fun Boy Three, covered this Ella Fitzgerald song. But we still…
Scotland’s access challenge
…to credit that learning. Sturgeon has commendably accepted many of the recommendations of the Commission, including the idea of an independent Commissioner for Fair Access – a cross between Les…