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News podcast: GCSEs, pupil activism and ‘stealth cut’

The Tes news team discusses the latest on exams, Ofsted’s school activism warning and the DfE cut hitting the poorest pupils
25th June 2021, 5:39pm
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News podcast: GCSEs, pupil activism and ‘stealth cut’

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Join the Tes news team as we discuss education secretary Gavin Williamson’s suggestion that GCSEs and A levels in 2022 and onwards will have adjustments, as well as his expectation that exam boards will offer rebates to schools that have undertaken teacher-assessed grades this year.

We also talk about Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman’s warning that teachers and students have faced violence and abuse in schools as a result of “militant” pupil activism.

And we discuss Ms Spielman’s assertion that schools should not “bend themselves out of shape” in an attempt to catch up after the disruption caused by the Covid crisis.

Finally, we speak about how the government has finally revealed the true cost of its controversial pupil premium funding change - described by some as a “stealth cut” - hitting the poorest children, and why the NAHT school leaders’ union believes there is “no justification” for the move.

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