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Newly-formed Early Secondary Advisory Group calls for a shared national vision for KS3 amid fears that Years 7-9 are a ‘dumping ground’ for GCSE preparation

Wide disadvantage gap has not shifted but the proportion of pupils with SEND meeting the phonics standard reaches new high

NEU calls for tests to be scrapped after survey highlights teachers’ fears that they will narrow the curriculum and crank up workload pressure

We’ve had plenty of past attempts to build an education system that works for every pupil – and all have failed because they’ve been based on a two-tier model, warns Roy Blatchford

The education secretary commits to further reforms to the schools watchdog, and defends Labour’s planned expansion of technical education

As the DfE introduces new vocational GCSEs, the sector needs to reject assumptions that pupils who struggle academically must instead be ‘good with their hands’, write two sector leaders

Qualifications body also announces a new option for its International Project Qualification that it hopes will attract a ‘wider range of candidates’

There is ‘still some way to go’ as students continue to receive lower grades in MFL than in English and maths, analysis by FFT suggests

While it is tempting to think second-language learners need their own learning routes, this school found that a different approach paid far greater dividends

In an exclusive interview with ÌÇÐÄVlog, Pearson’s managing director supports a ‘cautious’ approach to flagship education reform and refuses to be drawn on the recent Sats marking debacle 

Flagship education policy of ‘technical routes’ from age 14 still to start in 2028, but new qualifications would arrive from 2029

Should homework be reconsidered in an age of teacher overwork, chronic absenteeism and changing family dynamics? Holly Korbey investigates