Secondary

Friday

26th Nov 2021

GCSEs: Pupil cash rewards ‘could halve attainment gap’
Paying students could boost GCSE scores for those with lower predicted grades, research finds

Thursday

25th Nov 2021

GCSEs 2021: Drop in resits following teacher grades
New Ofqual figures reveal a fall in entries for the GCSE autumn retake series this year
GCSEs: Heads and exam boards reject ‘risky’ MFL reforms
DfE told to ‘rethink’ ‘fundamentally flawed’ government proposals to reform modern language GCSEs

Thursday

18th Nov 2021

Exclusive: ‘No data’ on school Covid contact tracing
NHS 91¶¶Òõt and Trace is not getting in touch with any close contacts from school, according to a third of school leaders

Monday

15th Nov 2021

Covid: Second jabs encouraged for 16- and 17-year-olds
Experts say they are more ‘reassured’ about the safety of Covid vaccinations for children

Friday

12th Nov 2021

Ofsted warns schools over ‘unbroken’ KS3 music teaching
Inspectorate’s expert says subject should not be put on a carousel in secondary schools

Thursday

11th Nov 2021

GCSEs and A levels 2022: How exams will run next summer
The government has set out how exams will run this year – and what will happen if they are scrapped again. Here’s everything you need to know
GCSEs 2022: Run ‘exam-condition’ mocks, schools told
The DfE says students should be tested in ‘exam-like conditions’ in case GCSEs and A levels are scrapped owing to Covid again next summer
GCSEs: Multilingual students ‘do better in all exams’
Secondary students who say they are multilingual outperform their peers in non-language subjects, research shows

Friday

5th Nov 2021

Girls ‘face more mental health issues in secondary’
Research also explores whether students’ age within their year group is linked to mental health issues

Thursday

4th Nov 2021

Call to boost catch up funds to close disadvantage gap
Heads say new figures showing widening disadvantage gap in this year’s GCSEs should be a further call to action for the government
GCSEs 2021: How teacher grades changed the landscape
What the latest data reveals about GCSE and A level results during the pandemic