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Labour’s ‘change of tone’ revives foreign students’ interest in UK universities

Admissions officers report rise in number of inquiries from international students since general election

The Guardian - UK

English universities need tuition fees of £12,500 to break even, analysis finds

Universities UK likely to recommend smaller increase as institutions struggle with deepening financial crisis

The Guardian - UK

Calls for major change to GCSEs after exam warning

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has commissioned a Government review into curriculum and assessment

The Independent UK

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We wanted a serious government: now we have one. But a little Rayner-like joy wouldn’t go amiss

There’s only so much doom and gloom the public can take – and with three uplifting announcements, Labour finally seems to realise this, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on one-word Ofsted reports: good riddance

Editorial: Reductive inspections symbolised a punitive and morale-sapping approach to schools. Labour is right to ditch them

The Guardian - UK

Experts explain when it is OK to let your child miss school

Parents have been warned they will be fined for frequently absent children

The Independent UK

Ofsted: Labour scraps single-word grades – here’s what this means for schools

Single headline judgements will be replaced with a more “comprehensive” system

The Independent UK

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Ofsted one-word grades scrapped: How ratings will look now as Ruth Perry's family hails changes

Parents will no longer see overall ratings for schools in England of 'Outstanding', 'Good', 'Requires Improvement' or 'Inadequate'

Evening Standard

Oasis tickets 'dynamic pricing' row sparks Government probe...as minister admits she prefers Blur

Standard tickets more than doubled from £148 to £355 on Ticketmaster after the Oasis sale got under way

Evening Standard

Free childcare to be expanded from next week – here’s what parents need to know

How do I apply for free childcare?

The Independent UK

School leaders call on ministers to scrap ‘poverty-producing’ two-child benefit cap

Sir Keir Starmer’s government has been under pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap

The Independent UK

Gap between top GCSE grades at private and state schools grows – as it happened

Gap on top grades between private and comprehensive schools rises from 28.2 percentage points to 29 percentage points

The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged to act over numbers failing English and maths GCSEs

Study finds serious impact on life chances and mental health of young people amid calls to reassess resits policy in England

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves Exposed For Using Taxpayer Funds To Pay Bills After Stripping Pensioners Of Winter Fuel Payments

Rachel Reeves is facing backlash for using taxpayer funds to pay her energy bills while cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners, sparking accusations of hypocrisy and public outrage.

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The Guardian - UK

Pupils achieve best A-level results in a generation but regional gap widens

North of England lags far behind south-east in national exam grades and university application rates

Evening Standard

Tory visa restrictions on international students won't be reversed, Education Secretary says

In January, restrictions were introduced to prevent most international students bringing dependents with them to the UK

The Independent UK

RAAC, Covid, cost of living: What will affect A-level grades on results day 2024?

The education secretary has said inequality is ‘baked-in’ to England’s school system

The Guardian - UK

Labour ‘putting rail passengers first’, says minister as she blames Tories for prolonging strikes – as it happened

Louise Haigh says she hopes three-year pay deal offered to train drivers will resolve strikes

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The Independent UK

A-level top grades up on last year but educational inequality widens

Hundreds of thousands of students received their A-level results on Thursday morning, with more than a quarter of UK entries awarded an A or A* grade

The Independent UK

Private schools at risk of closure over VAT hike already face big budget shortfalls, says Phillipson

Labour has pledged to end the VAT exemption for private schools in order to raise an estimated £1.6bn

The Guardian - UK

Vast majority of A-level students secure first choice university places – as it happened

Over three-quarters of English applicants gain enough points for their favoured course

GoodToKnow

Plans to teach children how to spot ‘disinformation, fake news and putrid conspiracy theories’ in schools unveiled

In a bid to tackle how children interpret what they see online and how they spot fake news, the government has announced how this will be handled in schools.

The Guardian - UK

Education secretary warns of ‘baked-in’ inequality in English school system

Bridget Phillipson says she is determined to reduce attainment gap as teenagers anticipate A-level results

The Independent UK

Bridget Phillipson pledges to reverse ‘baked-in’ education inequalities ahead of A-level results day

The education secretary says child poverty is a ‘big driver’ of educational disparities between the most and least advantaged students

The Guardian - UK

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