A revolution is under way in the teaching of computer science in schools in England – but it risks leaving girls and pupils from poorer backgrounds and ethnic minorities behind. That’s the conclusion of…
Read moreOnly 16% of university applicants achieve the grades their teachers predict, research suggests. Analysis of the results of 1.3 million young people over a three-year period found 75% had been given overly optimistic predictions…
Read morePlans to allow new faith schools in England to increase the share of pupils they take on religious grounds will not improve standards, a report says. The Education Policy Institute research body also said…
Read moreMore than 30,000 children were missing from schools in England and Wales for substantial periods of time in the 2014-15 academic year, local education authority figures show. Of these, almost 4,000 children could not…
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