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Schools Minister finally agrees to ‘look at’ Sats exam paper that left Year 6 pupils in tears

TORY Schools Minister Nick Gibb finally bowed to mounting pressure today and promised to “look at” a Sats exam paper that was so difficult, it allegedly...

Children in England are the best readers in the Western world, new global comparison finds

England’s children placed fourth in a global education league table, behind Singapore, Hong Kong and Russia, jumping from eighth position to enter the top five.

How one school is tackling name mispronunciation

Teachers persistently mispronouncing a student’s name can make the child feel undervalued, says Gideon Hammond, who has come up with a simple initiative to help

UK staff shortages hit education and health hardest, report finds

Public sector wages fall further behind private sector as unions prepare for fresh pay talks

Northern Ireland student fees rise being considered to tackle budget shortfall

Stormont officials have been asked to examine the revenue-raising potential of increasing university student fees in Northern Ireland to £7,000.

GCSEs and A-levels: most measures to reduce Covid-19 disruption for students to be dropped this exam season

While England’s exam results are expected to return to pre-pandemic levels, regulators in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have kept their Covid-era modifications

A-levels, T-levels and BTecs: A guide to the 2023 exams

For many pupils, it is the first time they will have sat formal exams, because GCSEs did not go ahead as normal during the pandemic. This...

Minister told old grammar school in Maltby opens in winter

The Levelling Up minister paid a visit to Rotherham and Stocksbridge yesterday and met local Conservative MPs to talk about key projects, such as the renovation...

Exams: Some colleges ‘unnecessarily’ doing too many ‘plan B’ tests

'Small number' of colleges have 'created a large number of new and additional mock exams and assessments'

Richard Derecki: London’s rising number of children with special educational needs are crying out for better help

The shortage of funding for these young people is threatening the financial stability of local authorities

Why primary pupils still need maths catch-up support

The extent to which Covid learning loss is still affecting primary pupils in Maths has been revealed by new research, which suggests that schools will be...

Bedworth school nominated in UK’s Oscars of education – the TES Schools Awards 2023

The school, which is part of the Griffin Schools Trust, has to wait to find out until next month to find out if it has won