Posts on ‘November 4th, 2009’

An international GCSE, used by independent schools, will not be approved for use in state schools.
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The Government today blocked the use of a rival exam to the GCSE – considered by many independent heads to be more rigorous – in state schools.

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New achievement reports given to graduates would recognise hobbies, voluntary work and involvement in societies, as well as academic success
British universities are likely to abolish their 200-year-old tradition of awarding graduates a first, 2.1 or 2.2 in six years’ time, it was revealed today.
A report card, which lists a student’s exam and coursework marks, as [...]

Fears that divide between state and independent schools will grow as latter flock to new qualification
The government today barred state schools from offering the Cambridge University exam board’s new elite International GCSE in core subjects claiming that it would allow children to drop the study of Shakespeare at 14.
Ministers have already said they will fund [...]

Tough new measures, including fines to punish parents who cheat their way into securing school places for their children, were demanded by the Schools Adjudicator yesterday.

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A boycott of administering SATs for 11-year-olds by school heads would effectively “stop them in their tracks”, the leader of the country’s largest headteachers’ organisation said yesterday.

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Universities in the UK generated £59bn and over 650,000 full-time jobs, says a report.
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Plans for the biggest shake-up of universities for decades, including the first charter of rights for students, have been unveiled by the Government.

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