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Our research found that teacher assessments and exam scores match closely for maths, English and science.
The number of students achieving GCSEs in technical and creative subjects along with religious education has declined yet again.
New research is pinpointing how much genes influence the stability of educational achievement.
Why new style GCSEs are past their sell by date even before they’ve got going.
Children in the north of England are more likely to finish school with poorer grades and are less likely to go on to further education.
An expert gives her top tips for coping with exam stress and nerves.
Secondary students are losing the opportunity to enjoy learning for its own sake.
It was widely reported boys beat girls in A-level results, but my analysis shows this isn’t actually the case.
This year’s changes to GCSE grades means results cannot be compared with those of previous years.
A focus on core subjects for 16-year-olds should not exclude arts, music or drama.
Because exam season can be tough on parents, too.
The UK’s approach to classics in school is a hangover from the days of selective education.
New look GCSEs and A-levels will be sat by young people – but they haven’t been asked about the reforms.
There has been a steady decline in students taking D&T.
The government has renewed calls to nationalise exam boards over fears of slipping standards.
Children who tend to do well in one subject tend to do well in others, largely for genetic reasons.
Behavioural issues in primary school increases a student’s risk of not achieving five good GCSEs.
The shockwaves from the latest round of school league tables are still reverberating across staff rooms up and down the country. The headlines have been about a drop in the proportion of pupils achieving…
Revising for exams is a necessary evil. Ever since written university exams were first set in England by the Cambridge chemist William Farrish in about 1792, students have struggled to revise. And with…
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