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Pete's blog 16-10-12: There was a seemingly very small change to the website last week...
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Private School Accuse Office for Fair Access of Disadvantaging their Students
Head teachers of leading private schools have hit out at the Office for Fair Access for disadvantaging university applicants from private schools.
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New Student Report will show all University Achievements
Under new plans announced today, Universities are going to provide employers with much more detailed accounts of student achievements, which will include extra-curricular activities.
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Senior Examiner Resigns from AQA over Marking Scandal
Stephen McKenzie has announced his resignation from exam board AQA, stating publicly that the handling of the GCSE grade boundary changes was “morally repugnant”.
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Labour Education Reforms
Pete's blog 9-10-12: It was interesting to read about Ed Milliband’s ideas for education reform last week...
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New Reading Test Damages Children's ability to learn
Teachers have highlighted the fact that the test only looks at children’s ability to decode words using a single method, phonics, rather than their ability to read overall. One of the biggest issues is that bright students who use a different method of reading are trying to read the made-up word as real ones and are being marked down for it.
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New University Comparison Website for Students
A new comparison website has been set up which will supply government approved information about Universities and the Courses that they offer.
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Headteachers Say A* Grades Force Bright Students to 'Dumb Down'
A report published this week by the HMC, a group of leading independent school head teachers, criticises the current exam system for forcing bright students to ‘dumb down’ their answers in order to fit within narrow mark schemes.
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Students Plan Mass Legal Action over GCSE Results
t emerged this week that so far 180 pupils have joined legal action being brought against the exams regulator Ofqual by schools and councils. The students are seeking to force a regrade of their June exam papers, on the basis that the grade boundaries were made a full 10 marks higher than those for exams taken by their peers in January.
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