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Delays hit exam results
Around 1.2 million children across England will be kept waiting for results to key school tests after administrative chaos delayed the marking of papers.
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Unfilled teaching posts have risen by 23% in a year
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Schools are in the grip of their worst staffing crisis for years, with of a 23 per cent rise in the number of unfilled teaching jobs. There are 2,510 vacancies across the country, latest figures from the Department for Children, Schools and Families show.
Faith schools relieved by entry ruling
Thursday, 3 July 2008
A top Jewish school was cleared today of accusations that its entry criteria discriminated racially against an 11-year-old boy.
Official: some A-level subjects are harder than others
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
A-levels in maths and science are far harder than in subjects like media studies, large-scale research commissioned by the Institute of Physics and the Royal Society has found. The findings put a question mark both over the value of A-level grades and the Ucas points system, which determines university places for thousands of students every year. Ucas gives the same point score for every subject.
Teacher shortage threat to physics
Monday, 30 June 2008
The teaching of physics in England's schools is under threat because of a growing lack of specialist teachers, a report warned today.
First selective school agrees a partnership with failing neighbour
Saturday, 28 June 2008
A leading grammar school will become the first selective state school to sponsor a secondary modern which is gearing up to become one of the Government's flagship academies.
MPs launch inquiry into university standards
Friday, 27 June 2008
MPs are to launch an urgent inquiry into standards in British universities in the wake of allegations revealed in The Independent that lecturers face pressure to "mark softly" to ensure a high ranking in league tables.
Pupils, aged 7, could be asked to sign exam 'honesty codes'
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Children as young as seven could be asked to sign "honesty codes" at their schools in a plan to cut down on cheating in national curriculum tests and exams.
Universities 'too reliant' on foreign student fees
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Britain's universities are becoming increasingly over-reliant on fees from overseas students, a standards watchdog has warned.
Watchdog: Degree grades 'arbitrary and unreliable'
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Degree classifications in the UK are "arbitrary and unreliable", the leader of a watchdog claimed today.
More top graduates lured to teach in tough schools
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Gordon Brown has signalled a massive expansion in the number of high-flying graduates to be recruited into tough, under-performing, inner-city schools.
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