Secondary

Thursday

3rd Feb 2022

Teachers at 23 private schools to strike next week
1,500 NEU teacher-members at schools in the Girls’ Day School Trust are expected to take part in the strike over pensions

Wednesday

2nd Feb 2022

GCSEs should not be fixed at age 16, says report
A review by the Independent Assessment Commission (IAC) found the GCSE system ‘should be overhauled’
Mocks: What to do when a student writes nothing in their exam

Tuesday

1st Feb 2022

SQA exams 2022: Scottish students to receive more support
Grading will be ‘more generous’ and, in some subjects, students will be told what to expect in exams
SQA exams 2022: Scottish students to receive more support

Friday

28th Jan 2022

GCSEs 2022: No exams plan B ‘switch off’, says Ofqual chief
Ofqual chief Jo Saxton has set out what schools can expect from the regulator on exams this year – here’s everything you need to know
Physics teacher shortage needs ‘urgent’ action, DfE told
The Institute of Physics deputy chief executive said attracting engineering graduates into teaching is key in addressing the recruitment crisis in the subject

Thursday

27th Jan 2022

GCSEs 2021: Huge rise in appeals over teacher grades
Appeals over last year’s teacher assessed grades were over four times higher than 2020, as students were allowed to question ‘unreasonable academic judgement’, says Ofqual
Mocks: What to do when a student writes nothing in their exam
New geography teachers lack fieldwork ‘confidence’
Covid-19 pandemic means early career geography teachers have missed vital training, report warns
Fieldwork

Wednesday

26th Jan 2022

Teachers at 23 private schools vote to strike over pensions
Action by teachers at the Girls’ Day School Trust would be the first in its 149-year history
Strike

Tuesday

25th Jan 2022

GCSEs 2022: Call to release advance topics sooner
School leaders urge the government not to wait until 7 February to reveal details of topics to be covered in GCSE and A-level exams
Education Scotland calls for 'overreliance on exams' to end

Friday

21st Jan 2022

Poorer GCSE students have missed 8 weeks of school
Exclusive: Year 11s have been out of classrooms for five weeks, on average, since September 2020 – on top of school closures

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Scale of Covid pupil absences in Scotland revealed
Over half of secondary students have had at least some time off school in 2021-22 for ‘a Covid-related reason’
Scotland, absences, covid

Thursday

20th Jan 2022

Lifting of class mask rule ‘balanced and proportionate’
Health secretary defends the government’s decision to end mask-wearing in secondary classrooms today but heads say the way it was announced was ‘disrespectful’