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Two academics try a question from the exam – and don’t do very well.
White boys from poorer backgrounds repeatedly come up worst when it comes to attainment.
From September, all children will have to study five core academic subjects at GCSE. But the CBI thinks the exams should be phased out.
Teenagers across England are waiting nervously for their GCSE, AS and A Level results. Now new figures have shown more of them are choosing to take more “academic” subjects, such as the humanities, languages…
As part of its revamp of the A Level curriculum, the government has launched a consultation on the way modern languages are taught at sixth form. If introduced, the changes herald a real boost to the teaching…
Science evokes images of Bunsen burners, coloured liquids, vapours rising from flasks, white coats and safety goggles. But are we making too much of the rigid assessment of the practical parts of science…
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