New-style GCSEs will be graded from one to eight rather than A* to G, the government has announced. The BBC reports that by 2015 GCSEs will move from coursework and continuous assessment to exams at the end of two years, with
pupils facing “more rigorous content”. Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg has accused the government of creating "uncertainty" for pupils and parents.
Children’s performance at school is not harmed if their mothers work during their early years, researchers have found. The Independent reports that a study by the University of London’s Centre for Longitudinal Studies found that those born in the 1970s, 80s and early 90s whose mothers worked during their early years had, on average, slightly lower literacy and numeracy scores than those whose mothers did not. However, the disadvantage disappeared for children born since the mid-1990s.
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