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Amanda Spielman, ministers’ preferred candidate to take the helm at the schools watchdog, tells MPs she ‘won’t be a crusader’...and she doesn’t think her lack of teaching experience is a problem

Some schools may be entering pupils for qualifications with overlapping content to boost results, letter to inspectors warns

Strict requirements for charities lead some schools to question the ‘relatively meagre benefits’ of the status, says the chair of the Independent Schools Council

Progress 8 is heralded as the measure that will ensure the attainment of all students is prioritised at GCSE, not just those on the C/D borderline. But is the new system any better – and any fairer – than the one it replaced

Difficulty of new test may have unintended negative effect on numbers continuing at A level, experts warn