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Congratulations GCSE Students!

by Sarah Adams

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...

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Is homework an important part of educational success?

by Sarah Adams

Earlier this week, The Daily Mail revealed that parents of Folkestone (Kent) threatened to remove their children from school due to new rulings that students will receive homework!

More than 600 parents have signed the petition to defend the cause because of the lack of time their children will hav...

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Congratulations A-Level Students!

by Sarah Adams

Thousands of teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their A-level results today!

According to UCAS over 400,000 University places have now been confirmed.

As of midnight, 409,410 people had been accepted onto a higher education course - the largest number ever recorded on ...

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Can you pass the SQA Higher Maths exam?

by Sarah Adams

Earlier this week, Scottish students received their exam results. Congratulations to all our students who took part and secured the results they were after!

Overall, students achieved a record 156,000 Higher passes, up 5.5 per cent on 2014, with the number of Scottish-domiciled students securing un...

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Why is Asian education storming ahead of the UK?

by Sarah Adams

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...

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