…result in them making more aspirational choices. However, it could equally lead them to waste applications on courses they wont be able to access when their results come through. Moreover,…
Progress on GCSEs?
…that around a third of the cohort will not pass. If we really want GCSEs to set young people up for life, then judging them on how they compare to…
Top ten Oxbridge tips for teachers
…greater emphasis on GCSE results and the marks on their own admissions tests (if required for the course). If you study at Oxford, the final degree result is based on…
Thousands of disadvantaged pupils miss out on taking languages, history and geography at GCSE each year
…level and university choices. This is according to a new research brief from the Sutton Trust that analyses the impact of major curriculum reforms for GCSE students. It identifies 15,000…
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…schools locally, this was not a condition of approval. As a result, innovation was slower than it might have been and the Department for Education (DfE) found it hard to…
Student architecture
…result could be a gradual erosion of independence and loss of impact in a body that is likely to spend much time on the complexities of competition. That would not…