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11 May 2026

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Samantha Booth

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Scrapping essays over AI fears ‘never off the table’, says Ofqual boss

Concerns about cheating means culling non-examined assessment may be 'the right thing to do in some cases'

Samantha Booth

3w | Awarding
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David Bell to lead independent review on antisemitism in colleges

The Skills England vice chair wants to ensure everyone can learn 'free from prejudice and hate'

Samantha Booth

4 Mar 2026 | Colleges
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Kevan Collins to be Phillipson’s SEND delivery adviser

Collins, already a senior DfE figure, will focus on white paper roll-out and reviewing how DfE 'engages ...

Samantha Booth

25 Feb 2026 | Inclusion
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Ofsted requests providers publish QR code with report card content

Watchdog wants links to full reports to avoid 'cherry picking' only positive grades

Samantha Booth

13 Feb 2026 | Ofsted
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New GCSE results app to be rolled out nationwide

It follows a pilot where just six per cent of invited schools and colleges took part, but ministers hope ...

Samantha Booth

8 Jan 2026 | Young people
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Labour reviewing all of Eton’s proposed ‘elite’ sixth forms

Planned sixth forms in Dudley, Teesside and Oldham are part of a review of whether 44 free schools offer ...

Samantha Booth

8 Nov 2024
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Revealed: The new education committee membership

11 MPs selected for influential committee that holds the Department for Education to account

Samantha Booth

29 Oct 2024 | Politics
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SEND: ‘Whole-system reform needed’, says NAO

Government's spending watchdog also says councils need 'urgent' intervention to stop widespread financial ...

Samantha Booth

24 Oct 2024 | Inclusion
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Treat colleges and schools fairly on any NI reform, unions say

Colleges were snubbed last time round

Samantha Booth

18 Oct 2024 | Politics
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Deadline for results checking service extended after tech issue

New data service hit by technical problems in the first year it has been moved back in-house to the DfE

Samantha Booth

16 Oct 2024