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Mark Gould
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GCSEs: Results expose ‘London-centric’ catch-up bias
Sector leaders also warn that this year’s results show the Covid pandemic and cost-of-living crisis continue to have a major effect on disadvantaged pupils’ attainment
Secondary
24 August 2023
GCSEs: Heads warn Covid impact not over as normal grading returns
School chess to get cash boost
Primary schools in disadvantaged areas can apply for grants of up to £2,000 for chess sets and tutorials
General
22 August 2023
School chess
Keegan defends A-level remarks
Education secretary says she has never asked anyone for their A-level results in her 30 years in business
Secondary
22 August 2023
Keegan defends A-level remarks
A-level results 2023: Wider gap ‘down to lack of catch-up cash’
Today’s A-level results show that the disadvantage gap and the regional variation in grades have widened, warn education leaders
Secondary
17 August 2023
A-level results 2023: ‘Wider gap down to lack of Covid catch up cash””
A levels: Explain lower results to employers, DfE told
It is ‘imperative’ that employers understand how A-level grading standards have changed in the years since the pandemic, say heads’ leaders
Secondary
16 August 2023
A levels: Government urged to explain lower results to employers
Covid inquiry chair told to put pupils’ voices at its heart
Children’s commissioner, charities and experts say the inquiry must focus on the lockdown experiences of young people
General
15 August 2023
Young people must be put at the heart of the inquiry into the UK’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has told its chair.