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Schools Concerned over Private Tuition for Entrance Exams
Tens of thousands of families in the UK have hired private tutors to help with 11 and 13+ exams. However, some schools are now considering plans to make exams “tutor proof”, due to concerns that the wrong children are winning places at selective schools.
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Schools put too much focus on Elite Universities
The Office For Fair Access has released a statement this week advising schools not to focus on pushing a handful of students to get into elite universities, but to focus on all their students.
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Tuition for Very Young Children can be Damaging
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Students Protest Education Cuts
This week thousands of students are marching through London to protest the rising costs of education. The protest, organised by the National Union of Students, is directed at challenging the changes that have been made to school and university funding.
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Black and Asian Students 'Twice as Likely' to Receive Private Tuition
A new survey conducted by education charity the Sutton Trust has revealed that Black and Asian families are around twice as likely to hire a private tutor for their children. The results suggest that 42 % of Asian state-school students and 38 % of Black students have received private tuition compared with 20% of white students.
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New Report Says State School Pupils put off Top Universities
A new survey by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Sutton Trust has revealed that state school students are far less likely than private school students to apply to top universities due to poor advice and lack of confidence.
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New Primary School Curriculum is Bad for Students
The government’s plans for the new primary school curriculum have come under fire this week from critics who say the plans reflect conservative ministers’ personal preferences instead of what is best for students. Dubbed the ‘conservative curriculum’, teachers have commented that the new plans are politicised and undemocratic.
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New A' Level Plans Announced
This week Ofqual has announced the first of the changes that will be made to the A level system in England. Exams will now be taken in the summer only, and resits will be limited to one which will be taken the following summer.
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National Scholarship Programme Won't help Poor Students
A report released this week by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has concluded that a government scheme aimed at helping the poorest students go to university is unlikely to be effective.
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