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Ofqual under the microscope: four things you need to know about 2022's exam results

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This year, as we know, 'real' exams are back. But here are four facts you may not be aware of about the 2022 results in England: Around 800,000 A level grades were announced on August 18 – of which around 200,000 are likely to be wrong.About 5,000,000 GCSE grades will be announced on August 25 – of which around 1....
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Four circles makes an essay

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A word after a word after a word is power, stated the famous author, Margaret Attwood. But that's easy for her to say when she makes a living out of writing. How does an ordinary teenager string a story together if words and writing aren't their thing? And how does anyone churn out a five hundred-word essay, the standard threshold for any English G...
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School Diversity Week: Top tips for your school’s LGBT+ inclusion journey

School Diversity Week: Rainbow Wings, courtesy of Swift Academies
So, you've almost made it to the end of the year and exam season is probably taking its toll – then Pride month approaches. It's often a time that many teachers ask: how inclusive is my school really for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans pupils? Should we be doing something for Pride? How do we let our students know that their teachers are on their ...
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A beginner’s guide to: Katharine Birbalsingh

Best known for: Appointed Chair of the Social Mobility Commission in October 2021, Katharine Birbalsingh first shot to fame following a speech she delivered at the 2010 Conservative Party Conference. Her heated rhetoric drew a lot of abuse on social media, and the nature of her sentiment apparently led the governors of the school she was ...
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The impact of E.D. Hirsch on the UK education curriculum

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Whilst relatively few in the education world are aware of it, the impact of the American educator and academic Professor Eric Donald Hirsch Jr on the UK government's education reforms since 2010, has been profound. Reformers have claimed that 'progressive' child-centred education from the 1960s has been 'curriculum-lite' and damaging to children's ...
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