News archive for 26th August 2017

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Standards?! What's going on with GCSE grades? - Teacherhead Private schools call in lawyers to teach lessons in sexual consent - Mail Highest paid vice-Chancellor in the country accused of presiding over a 'cover-up' - Telegraph Laura McInerney: the numbers still don’t add up for less able GCSE pupils - Guardian Independent Schools Council – A-level results 2017 - Independent Schools Council | ISC Almost a fifth of ISC independent school A-level entries scored top A* grade - GSA Eton deputy head leaves after leaking exam questions - Express Students struggling with finances in 'desperate state', claims union - Guardian EBacc grades drop as pupils pushed in from creative subjects - Schools Week Top private schools tell pupils to take up a trade - Mail Best independent schools in 2017: full league table for A-Level results - Telegraph Are the new A-levels stopping girls reaching their full potential? - New Statesman Secret Teacher: I love my job but why does it feel like I’m the only one? - Guardian Gap for top marks at A-level narrows between state schools and private schools - Mail Eton deputy headmaster resigns after being accused of sharing exam questions - Independent Meet the Poveys, the brothers behind Educating Manchester - Times A level results 2017: mixed classes are top, independent school table shows - Times Top schools push pupils away from universities - Times Liam Fry: rants over school costs are a lesson in futility - Times Leader: New Vocation - Times Stay in eduation to keep your ageing brain agile - Times Report: Teach First leaders ‘wanted teaching watchdog disbanded’ - Herald Scotland Teach First graduate backs scheme for Scotland - Herald Scotland Minister tells Scottish universities to improve opportunities for female academics - Herald Scotland