…British and Irish literary canon. The facts of the case are murky: the Secretary of State has upped the compulsion on the study of British and Irish authors, so exam…
England’s level playing field
…of the academic year (September) achieve better exam results, on average, than children born at the end of the academic year (August). In his best-selling book Outliers, Malcom Gladwell explains…
Parliament and Policy: June 2014
…MP Alex Cunningham and Conservative children’s minister Liz Truss on child care. Click here to view the discussion. 18 June – The Education Select Committee report The Education Select Committee…
New grammar school test thwarts ‘pushy parents’
…to make the selection system fairer. Provisional results indicate that a more diverse selection of pupils passed this test, and headteachers say they feel the change has made a difference….
School place lotteries are on the rise
…a comprehensive intake of pupils. A study by academics found that 121 secondary schools asked children to sit tests and used the results to offer places to pupils across all…
Admissions lotteries and banding on the rise in secondaries, report reveals
…the results of secondary school applications being announced on Monday, the report by London School of Economics (LSE) academics Anne West, Philip Noden and Audrey Hind shows that the majority…