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The Times: ‘Generation Covid’ tag risks blighting resilient children
The Times: ‘Generation Covid’ tag risks blighting resilient children

A leading head teacher has said that labelling children the Covid generation is “catastrophising” and blighting them.

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The Times: Tough alternative to A levels ditched
The Times: Tough alternative to A levels ditched

Pre-Us, the alternative to A levels created and used by many English public schools, are to be scrapped.

The last Pre-U qualifications will be taken in 2023, with resits in June 2024, Cambridge Assessment International Education said. The small number of pupils taking the qualification had made it unsustainable, the exam board added.

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