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Leaders warn government not to pile Neet work onto schools

As schools sector awaits imminent Milburn report on tackling the Neet crisis, an ASCL report accepts that schools can drive much of the work - but not alone

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GCSEs and A levels 2021: Coursework to go unmoderated

Coursework marking will not be moderated by boards, despite 55% of Ofqual consultation responses arguing it should be

GCSEs 2021: No minimum requirement for content studied

A-level and GCSE students will not have to have covered a minimum percentage of the syllabus to get grades this year

‘SQA has been dumbing down languages exams for years’

‘Ditching’ speech at Advanced Higher is latest poor decision in languages assessment, says this teacher

GCSEs 2021: ‘Excessive grade inflation’ warning

Warning of 'inconsistencies' with proposed GCSE and A-level grading approach, and 'extremely high' levels of grade inflation

GCSEs 2021: Teachers relieved of appeals burden

Ofqual and DfE had proposed that teachers would handle GCSE and A-level appeals this year. But exam boards will deal with most of them

GCSEs 2021: Teacher-assessed grades get green light

GCSE and A-level students to get results in early August with an exam series in autumn for those unhappy with the grades

Schools ‘able to pay’ teachers for summer catch-up work

Education secretary says summer schools will be run by existing school staff

Longer school day ‘not part’ of DfE’s catch-up plan

Lengthening the school day is not part of the government’s plan to help pupils catch up on lost learning, says education secretary

Ofsted ‘pauses’ remote inspections for school return

No Ofsted inspections in the week commencing 8 March as schools and colleges focus on reopening to all pupils

Williamson ‘struggles to pinpoint’ catch-up cash reach

Education secretary expects 'considerable expansion' to 120,000 helped by tutors, but fails to say how many will benefit

More school time may have cut learning loss by half

DfE report shows pupils returning to school last June had less reading loss than those who continued learning remotely

Schools need to share SEND post-16 options, says report

Over half of parents tell Natspec that discussions about post-16 options came too late and almost a third says that they were never encouraged to think about post-16 options

How much cash will schools get in the catch-up package?

With the government releasing details of the Covid catch-up funding package, ÌÇÐÄVlog looks at what it will mean for schools

School catch-up package ‘nowhere near big enough’

Extra government cash for poorer pupils is not even half of what is needed, warns NEU teaching union

School leavers choose FE or HE in record numbers

The Covid-related unemployment crisis has resulted in more young people entering college or university in Scotland

Need to know: Richard Lucas fitness-to-teach case

Teaching watchdog under fire after it did not strike off teacher who condemned politician for having 'fatherless child'

Exclusive: GCSEs 2021 plan for July results in doubt

Sources say A-level and GCSE results now likely to be released to students early August, a month later than proposed

North-south divide in National Tutoring take-up

Northern areas less likely to sign up for the government's catch-up tutoring scheme, a DfE official has revealed

Special schools and AP settings: Government guidance

A run-through of some of the new information in full reopening guidance for alternative provision and special school settings

Covid road map: return dates for Scottish pupils

Nicola Sturgeon today revealed more details about when Scottish schools could emerge from lockdown

School return plan ‘a gamble against scientific advice’

Union says classroom ventilation and personal protective equipment for staff need to be addressed as part of 8 March full reopenings

North and Midlands ‘hardest hit by Covid learning loss’

Disadvantaged Year 6 pupils are seven months behind in maths, finds research

Baseline: Number of schools keen to trial test halves

3,878 schools signed up as “early adopters� for Reception baseline assessment, compared with the 9,657 that took part in previous year’s pilot

Opening schools ‘may increase spread of Covid by 50%’

Leading scientists supported ‘phased reopening’ of schools, minutes reveal – in contrast to full reopening plan announced today