Schools Minister Nick Gibb delivers a swingeing attack on “vocal figures in the media” who believe that requiring pupils to concentrate on EBacc subjects represents a backwards step in the cultural life of schools.
Today, the final publication of the 2015 GCSE results confirms that the opportunity to study a core academic curriculum at school is being extended to significantly more pupils.
When I discuss our GCSE policy with young people who attended top comprehensive schools (and independent and grammar schools), they take it for granted that pupils study maths, English and science at GCSE, alongside a foreign language and either history or geography.
It can come as a surprise, therefore, that nationwide less than one quarter of pupils were entered for such a broad academic curriculum in 2012, and less than one in five achieved a C grade in each subject... Keep reading on The Telegraph
Today, the final publication of the 2015 GCSE results confirms that the opportunity to study a core academic curriculum at school is being extended to significantly more pupils.
When I discuss our GCSE policy with young people who attended top comprehensive schools (and independent and grammar schools), they take it for granted that pupils study maths, English and science at GCSE, alongside a foreign language and either history or geography.
It can come as a surprise, therefore, that nationwide less than one quarter of pupils were entered for such a broad academic curriculum in 2012, and less than one in five achieved a C grade in each subject... Keep reading on The Telegraph