Children's grasp of basic scientific knowledge is exposed as far weaker than previously thought as new figures cast doubt on a decade of apparent improvements in education... more
It has been a year of records. More students than ever have applied to university, more have got the grades they need, and more have been accepted at the first asking.... more
Exam pass rates over the past two decades prove that A-levels have been 'dumbed down', academics claimed as the Conservatives announced plans to overhaul school league tables... more
The struggle to turn around some failing institutions has seen community leaders and politicians willing to embrace radical new teaching and funding methods.
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State schools were accused of failing the brightest children after figures showed a shock fall in the number of 11-year-olds scoring top grades in Sats... more
The Government has been exaggerating school standards for the last decade because a marking "fiddle" boosted test results for hundreds of thousands of children... more
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