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Extra points for skills tests hikes them up to eight and a half GCSEs if students pass all elements

The new work-related diploma qualification is a “disaster waiting to happen”, a high-profile education academic said today

The length of the teaching day should be extended to give schools more time to teach the national curriculum, its architect recommended this week

New qualification’s worth in doubt as ‘irrelevant’ work experience will still count towards award

If Ofsted wants better results from schools, it needs to encourage and support teachers, not frighten them

Subject teaching is being squeezed out of England’s classrooms because of the emphasis that schools are having to place on skills rather than knowledge, the chief executive of the Geographical Association has warned