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Investigation: How have poorer pupils performed in GCSEs at flagship schools?

January 18, 2017 at 05:36PM Flagship school types promoted by the government are falling behind in boosting the progress of poorer pupils, a Schools Week investigation can reveal. For the first time the government has published data showing the progress of pupils during their secondary schooling. Although the measures are still new, and there are

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Why we didn’t do the ‘disadvantage’ league tables this year…

January 18, 2017 at 05:36PM For the past two years Schools Week won love for publishing annual tables of schools getting great outcomes for pupils from lower-income families. But this year we have changed course. Editor Laura McInerney explains why. I’m going to make a confession. The award-winning Schools Week ‘disadvantage league tables’, which we

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Progress 8 results 2016: Gibb hails schools for narrowing attainment gap

January 18, 2017 at 05:36PM Schools minister Nick Gibb has praised schools for closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers, as the first set of Progress 8 scores are released. Gibb, the minister for school standards, said today’s figures show that the number of pupils taking core academic subjects is on the

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