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Issue 6.10

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Influences On Students’ Development From Age 11 – 14

This new study published by Department for Education shows that spending more than two hours a night doing homework is linked to achieving better results in English, maths and science. The study tracked the progress of 3,000 children over the past 15 years and showed that spending any time doing homework is beneficial, but the effects were greater for students who put in two to three hours a night. Leadership Briefing issue 6.09 (70)

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Fit For Purpose? The Suitability Of A Levels

This Ofqual report finds that academics and teachers back a return to more traditional A-levels, with pupils sitting fewer "module" papers throughout their course. It finds a culture of resits is damaging students' learning and that many academics did not think that new students had the skills needed for degree study. Despite an increase in A-level grade, and higher numbers gaining first-class degrees, universities were not reporting a comparative increase in the abilities of first-year undergraduates. Leadership Briefing issue 6.09 (70)

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The Church School of the Future

The teaching of Christian values in schools is being eroded by the Government’s “utilitarian approach” to education, according to this report by the Church of England. It criticises a decision to exclude RE from the English Baccalaureate and highlights a decline in the number of new RE teachers being trained. Failure to consider RE in the current review of the National Curriculum is also having a damaging effect on the status of the subject. Leadership Briefing issue 6.09 (70)

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