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The DfE have announced measures aimed at ensuring schools are only able to include first attempt GCSE grades in future league tables.
The changes will take immediate effect for 'core' subjects and are part of a drive to prevent schools from ‘exam gaming’ in order to improve their ranking in league tables. The DfE have stated that the move will make schools only enter pupils for exams when they are certain that the pupil has the best chance of success, rather than ‘cheating’.
Critics claim that the new rules will not prevent those schools who are determined to play the system to continue to do so (for instance, by using different exam boards), whilst the measures at the same time have the potential to hold bright pupils back.
It will be interesting to see whether the new rules have an effect on how schools manage their plans for GCSE entry.
The recent case of R (on the application of A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin) provides some welcome and reassuring guidance to governing boards on the exclusion reconsideration process.
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With 19 HR experts now supporting over 500 schools and trusts across the country, in this edition of 60 seconds we sit down with Emma Hughes, who leads the team, to discuss what this significant milestone means to her.
In order to reduce the risk of potential breaches, schools should follow this Health and Safety Executive guidance.
A ResPublica report highlighted that asbestos continues to be the UK’s number one occupational killer, with nurses and teachers 3 to 5 times more likely to develop mesothelioma than the general UK population. The House of Commons Work & Pensions Select Committee is investigating how the HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings.
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