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GCSE results day 2026: Everything you need to know including the number grading system

GCSE results day 2026: Everything you need to know including the number grading system

Thousands of students across the country will soon be finding out their GCSE results and thinking about the next steps in their education.   Here we explain everything you need to know about the big day, from when results day is, …

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Education in the media: 24 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 24 June 2016 - Categories: Trade Unions

...the important point that a tiny 24.5% of eligible NUT members took part in the ballot. The NUT’s reasons for striking are unclear. We are engaged in talks with unions...

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Response to NUT strike ballot

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 23 June 2016 - Categories: Breaking news, Trade Unions
a school road sign in the forefront, trees in the backgroudn, the leaves with a yellow tinge suggesting early onset signs of autumn

...reasons for striking are unclear. The government is engaged in talks with unions about all of the issues they claim to be striking about. It is irresponsible for the NUT...

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Education in the media: 23 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 23 June 2016 - Categories: Academies, Attainment gap, Equalities, Ofsted, Teacher Training
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...being made in this country and the heroes who have played such an important part in this.   With recent events in Orlando highlighting globally how far there still is...

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Gender identity in schools

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 22 June 2016 - Categories: Behaviour, Equalities, Myth busting, Transgender, Uniforms

There have been a number of misleading stories in the media recently about how schools address issues relating to gender identity and gender reassignment, and the Government’s role in this area.

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Education in the media: 21 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 21 June 2016 - Categories: Behaviour, School places
the hands of children on playground apparatus

...last July which places a legal duty on public sector organisations, to have 'due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.' The paper’s editorial points...

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Education in the media: 20 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 20 June 2016 - Categories: Curriculum, Equalities, Exams and qualifications, Literacy

Today’s education news review looks at an NUT survey about primary assessment and Ministerial commentary about Portsmouth Pride over the weekend.

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Responses to the Sunday Times: 19 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 19 June 2016 - Categories: Breaking news, Equalities, Independent schools, Term time holidays
Girl writing

...Sunday Times reports that Surrey County Council has hired a barrister in a term time holiday court case involving a mother who refused to pay a £60 fine. The piece...

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Caroline Dinenage: Pride in our progress

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 18 June 2016 - Categories: Equalities, Ministerial commentary

...weekend Ben will be joining over 15,000 same-sex couples who have come together to make a lasting commitment to share their lives together when he marries his partner, Francis. A...

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Education in the media: 17 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 17 June 2016 - Categories: Attainment gap, Independent schools, Ofsted, Term time holidays
Classroom

Today’s education news review includes coverage on term time holidays, the pupil premium and an Islamic independent school in Birmingham.

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Education in the media: 16 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 16 June 2016 - Categories: Academies, Literacy, Ofsted
Library

Today’s news review looks at coverage of Ofsted Chief, Sir Michael Wilshaw, and National Schools Commissioner, Sir David Carter's comments on Multi Academy Trusts and a survey by Oxford University Press about reading in schools.

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The Education Hub is a site for parents, pupils, education professionals and the media that captures all you need to know about the education system. You’ll find accessible, straightforward information on popular topics, Q&As, interviews, case studies, and more.

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