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Jun 15, 2022 · Education systems across Britain are "failing on every measure" and 60% of parents don't believe schools prepare pupils for work, according to The Times Education Commission.
- Getting Exams Back to Normal
- Addressing Inequality
- Provide Support For Teachers
- Free Speech in Higher Education
The first hurdle comes next month with the annual round of GCSE and A-level exam results. This will be the first cohort since 2019 to have formally sat their exams. The Department of Education will be hoping that the exam results, which have already been taken and marked, will not cause such headline grabbing disruption this summer as in the two pr...
In November 2020, the Department of Education launched its flagship initiative to address pandemic learning loss in England, the National Tutoring Programme– which pairs schools with tutors who work with individual students or small groups to help them catch up in core subjects. However, the House of Commons Education Committee recently reported th...
The pandemic has had a serious impact on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing and the problem remains acute. One of the short-term impacts of this is growing pressures on teachers in classrooms. For this reason as well as the rise in the cost of living, teachers are asking for a substantial pay increase. It seems unlikely that cu...
On 27 June 2022, before her promotion to education secretary and subsequent resignation, Michelle Donelan had written to university vice chancellors advising them to consider whether their membership of certain diversity schemes was appropriate given their responsibility to uphold free speech. This was regarded with concern by many in the education...
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Dec 12, 2023 · A House of Lords report published today, Tuesday 12 December, warns that the current education system for 11–16 year olds is too focused on academic learning and written exams, limiting opportunities for pupils to study a broad and balanced curriculum and to develop core skills.
The Times Education Commission has found that British education is “failing on every measure”, with over half (59%) of parents with school-aged children believing that schools do not prepare...
Jun 15, 2022 · The solution to fix Britain’s failing education system the 96-page report recommends A British Baccalaureate offering broader academic and vocational qualifications at 18, with parity in funding per pupil in both routes, and a slimmed-down set of exams at 16 to bring out the best in every child.
Sep 13, 2022 · Instead of being an engine for social mobility, the UK’s education system allows inequalities at home to turn into differences in school achievement. This means that all too often, today’s education inequalities become tomorrow’s income inequalities.
Jun 22, 2021 · Lawmakers from the UK’s governing Conservative party are being accused of weaponizing inequalities in the country’s education system to stoke a culture war.
