Damian Hinds should stop pointing the finger at schools – troubled pupils need specialist help that’s no longer funded.
Have you heard the stories about headteachers callously excluding children to make their school’s results improve? In a few instances, it’s true. But for the most part, the exclusion figures are not because evil school leaders suddenly care more about exams. The real problem is squeezed budgets. Heads care about every child: what they can’t do is teach all of them.
Read MoreThoughts on this article much appreciated! I’m a Northerner who moved to London in 1998. If in 1988, when we first met, you had told either my husband or I that we would have a 10 year old girl, in a single sex, independent school, we would both have called you crazy. Yet here we are. Unless you attend church and have a child who is christened at birth, State school places are almost impossible to gain in Marylebone. I went to church from the age of 3 to 18, however I chose to use all the good of my religious upbringing, without having to go to church. In an attempt to gain a faith school reception place, we tried going to the local church every weekend. Two months in, I was the one who announced I couldn’t take it anymore, I wanted to punch the vicar for his beliefs (that’s a post for another day!).
Major study of 1.8 million pupils also challenges ministers’ claims children do better in academies and grammars.
Read MoreI’ve listed the 2017/18 Top London School A'level Results by both A* and by A* to B grades. My list is based purely on A'level results, without Pre-U or Extended Project Qualification., this allows for a fairer comparison between State and Independent Schools.
The following schools have not been included due to incomplete data: St Pauls (Barnes - Boys - Independent), The London Oratory School (Chelsea - Co-Ed - State), Channing School (Highgate - Girls - Independent), Harrodian School (Barnes - Co-Ed - Independent), Whitgift School (Croydon - Boys - Independent).
Read MoreA leading exam board will upload all of its marked A-level exam scripts today to help cut the numbers of schools challenging their pupils’ grades and seeking a re-mark, after a successful pilot last year.
Read MoreThere's been an absence of posts for almost a week now. I've been on a short break to Yorkshire to visit my Mother-in-Law, Sister-in-Law and Brother-in-Law, as well as spending some much needed time with my husband and daughter.
Read MoreThursday August 16th 2018
I'll be updating my website with State and Independent London School's A'level results as they are published, so please keep checking here:
Read MoreThe chief inspector of schools thinks teaching to the test is a betrayal — no wonder teachers and pupils are confused.
Read MoreA boarding school with stellar A-level results has quit the annual league tables saying that they fail to reflect “modern all-round education”.
Read MoreScotland’s exam authorities have been accused of dumbing down key subjects after the qualification threshold for dozens of subjects was lowered.
Read MoreThe marks needed by teenagers to pass A levels could fall significantly this year as the exams watchdog protects thousands of pupils from being penalised by tougher qualifications.
Read MoreThe chief qualifications regulator in England, Sally Collier, said that this year’s A-level and GCSE students would not suffer from being the first to take the new, tougher, exams.
Read MoreOne person was allegedly the source of a leak of an A-level maths paper this summer, an exam board has said.
Read MoreScottish children perform better in their Higher exams because the tests are easier, according to a top educationalist. Lindsay Paterson, professor of education at Edinburgh university, accused the Scottish government of a “disengagement from reality” after it hailed last week’s results a success.
Read MoreWith results out this week, a system that rewards late revision rather than conscientious coursework is expected to favour boys.
Read MoreExam results are to be downgraded as a measure of school quality as the chief inspector moves to stamp out a culture of cramming children for tests.
Read MoreAs schools release their 2017/18 results, I will keep adding to the list below. The maximum IB points is 45. The details below show the average points attained by each school. The school name will link directly into the IB results for 2017/18.
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