AS-levels could be scrapped and GCSE grades changed under plans

There are set to be big changes to A-levels, AS-levels and GCSEs in Northern Ireland. The Education Minister Paul Givan has ...

Poorer students in England more likely to miss out on studying a language at GCSE

Students from less wealthy backgrounds are more likely to attend schools where learning a foreign language to GCSE is considered optional – and not necessarily even encouraged – new research shows.
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Novice examiners lead to huge rise in queries over grades

English language results improve by up to three grades after challenges from teachers, who warn of ‘erratic’ marking ...
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Parachute Regiment recruits sent on the wrong training course in major Army blunder

Around 210 junior soldiers at the Army Foundation College near Harrogate have been hit by the error ...

Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’

The Cambridge study indicated a 7% gap between the proportion of disadvantaged students at schools where languages were optional at GCSE (29% of all students), and at schools wher ...