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Record numbers take challenging English Baccalaureate (EBacc) at GCSE.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
We've published provisional statistics about GCSEs and A levels. They relate to our ongoing work improving the quality of marking.
Letter to awarding organisations on Ofqual's proposal to lift the general accreditation requirement and impose new requirements.
Ofqual has identified changes that exam boards must make to their assessments in time for the next year’s exams.
Launch of a project inviting independent/state school partnerships (ISSPs) focussed on specific subject teaching at primary level.
Phonics check results show more pupils are now doing well.
Pupils to get hands-on experience and a real understanding of food and nutrition.
Events for citizenship studies, cooking and nutrition, design and technology, and drama and theatre to be taught from the 2016 academic year
A new fund of £1.8 million will pay for a series of teacher-led training programmes to help support the teaching of foreign languages.
As a new school term begins, millions of children will be taught a new ‘world-class’ curriculum to prepare them for life in modern Britain.
A resource for key stages 1 to 4 has been launched to educate children about the work of the UK armed forces.
Eighty thousand more children than 5 years ago will start secondary school secure in reading, writing and arithmetic.
Results for 15-year-olds soar after policy change and the overall A* to C rate also increases.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has congratulated young people receiving their A level results today.
Schools design new assessment packages to replace the complicated levels system.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan speaks about Peter Clarke's report on allegations against Birmingham schools.
A letter from the Department for Education to the A Level Content Advisory Board (ALCAB) chair, Nigel Thrift.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announces the next steps on GCSE and A level reform.
Sample questions for the tests taken by 7-year-olds and 11-year-olds show the higher standards expected for reading, writing and arithmetic.
Find out more about the new tests for key stage 1 and key stage 2.
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