Thousands of teenagers received their GCSE results yesterday. Congratulations to all our students for receiving fantastic grades!
With a 98.8% pass rate, many students have achieved their goals! The proportion of A*-C grades have risen, with a 3.7% increase in English A*-C Grades!
Here's what ou...
Read more ›Why is Asian education storming ahead of the UK?
Grating news today for UK educationalists, as the OECD publishes its report comparing education systems across the world (focused on Maths and Science). We're not at the top, barely in the top 20 in fact.
Assuming that educationalists accept with th...
Read more ›Education experts have argued that homework is 'completely pointless', says The Guardian.
Mr Bennett, director of the ResearchEd conference announced, "I'm not anti homework- it can be a useful tool - but too often it's an exercise in back covering, or box ticking, with no real thought for the educ...
Read more ›This week was National Apprenticeship week. One of the options open to students after the age of 16 is to train through an Apprenticeship scheme. In short, Apprenticeships are available across a range of sectors and at levels to suit all abilities.
They aim to improve your skills, measure your capa...
Read more ›Out with the old and in with the new. From September 2015 new GCSEs will be taught in schools and colleges across England. Year 9 students who will be making their GCSE choices this year, will unearth a change to the mandatory subjects; English Language, English Literatur...
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