SATs explained: what Year 6 tests actually measure
Key stage 2 SATs are school accountability instruments run by the Standards and Testing Agency, producing scaled scores from 80 to 120 that…
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How universities are funded, and why so many are cutting courses
A frozen domestic fee, a reliance on international students and loss-making research explain most of the financial distress now visible…
Amelia Hart
T Levels explained: the qualification trying to be both A-levels and an apprenticeship
T Levels pair classroom study with a substantial industry placement in one two-year technical package, and their success rests on placement…
Amelia Hart
The phonics debate: what the reading wars were really about
Systematic phonics won the evidence argument for teaching children to decode, but decoding was never the whole of reading, and the…
Amelia Hart
Special educational needs: how an EHCP actually happens
An education, health and care plan is a legally enforceable document a council must finalise within 20 weeks of a request, yet roughly half…
Priya Anand
University clearing: how it works and who it really serves
Clearing matches unplaced applicants to unfilled courses each August, but since the 2015 removal of student number caps it has become a…
Priya Anand
What academies are and how they changed English schools
Academies are state-funded schools run by charitable trusts under contract with the Education Secretary rather than by councils, a model…
Priya Anand
How A-levels are marked and why grade boundaries move
A-level grade boundaries are set after marking finishes, using comparable outcomes to anchor grades to the cohort's prior attainment rather…
Priya Anand
Home schooling in the UK: what the law actually requires
Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 obliges parents to educate their children but not to send them to school, and the resulting light-touch…
Priya Anand