Government plans to replace GCSEs with the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) qualification have been challenged by the examinations regulator. In a letter to the Education Secretary Michael Gove, Ofqual chief regulator Glenys Stacey said the plans for EBacc exceed what is “realistically achievable through a single assessment”. She added that there are problems with using the new system as an accountability measurement for secondary schools. She also raised concerns about introducing the qualifications at the same time as removing competition between exam providers.
A group of MPs is to investigate the quality of education provision for children whose parents are in the armed forces, it has been announced. The inquiry by the defence select committee is the third in a series of inquiries into the Armed Forces Covenant. The committee will examine education provided to children of service men and women, and consider the difficulties facing families when their children have to move schools during term time. It will also consider the problems facing families who have children with special educational needs.
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