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• Too many schools fail pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, says report

  6 Oct 2014: Raising performance to half that of best schools in England would have given 60,000 more children good GCSEs last year

• Student rewards such as cash and free trips fail to improve GCSE results

  3 Oct 2014: Major study found that incentives made some pupils work harder in class but had no impact on exam performance

• Are independent schools paving the way for state schools to deviate from GCSEs?

  Guardian Professional, 30 Sep 2014: Bedales School has broken away from the GCSE curriculum with its innovative courses. Journalist Sarah Marsh considers whether it’s possible for the state sector to follow suit
  

• Teachers’ tales of exam-marking issues: ‘this is only going to get worse’

  23 Sep 2014: Members of Guardian Teacher Network report questionable grades for students and difficulties for markers

• GCSE students given wrong exam grades, say 80% of headteachers

  23 Sep 2014: Ofqual survey reveals four out of five heads believe pupils were marked wrongly and 67% had similar fears over A-levels

• Teachers: are exam papers being marked fairly? – share your experiences

  Guardian Professional, 20 Sep 2014:

  Following reports of inconsistent marking across GCSE and A-level papers this summers, we're inviting teachers and markers to share their experiences

• Fifty-seven varieties of GCSE performance

  15 Sep 2014: Letters: You can gain 57 marks on the higher-tier paper by gaining eight different marks within band 3, which is notionally the B/C band of marks

• A**: the new GCSE super grade 9

  14 Sep 2014: In three years, the grade system for GCSEs changes from A*-G to 9-1. But there will be grades within each numerical grading too. Are you following?

• Changes to GCSEs may cut number of students receiving top grades

  12 Sep 2014: Ofqual reveals that fewer pupils sitting the new exams may be awarded the highest grade than currently get an A*

• From J-Lo to Strictly: why more students are learning Spanish

  9 Sep 2014:

  Spanish is helping to reverse the decade-long decline in the number of students taking language GCSEs, says Emily Wight

• Tristram Hunt accuses Tories of 'taking standards backwards' in education

  6 Sep 2014: Shadow education secretary claims government is focused on school structures rather than on the quality of teaching

• British Library gives teachers tools to inspire

  31 Aug 2014:

  Anna Baddeley: The Discovering Literature website is an important cultural resource that can be enjoyed by all ages

• GCSE results signal need for urgent reversal of education policy

  25 Aug 2014: Letters: Students are going to have their futures blighted merely by a change in exam reporting

• GCSEs are obsolete and have been for years. Let’s scrap them

  22 Aug 2014: Peter Wilby: Governments can tinker all they like, but exams at 16 have no function in today’s society – it’s time to do the decent thing

• Teaching union looks into unexpected GCSE swings in disadvantaged areas

  22 Aug 2014: Association of School and College Leaders warns poorer neighbourhoods may have been most affected by grade volatility

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