Tough new "world class" school performance targets achievable with right investment, say heads

Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHT heads' union, said today that there was "no reason" to believe that in the long term schools could not reach the ambitious new standards called for today by the think tank Centre Forum.

The organisation, which is chaired by former schools minister David Laws, has today published a report urging the government to bring in tough new targets for schools' GCSE and key stage 2 results, in a bid to raise England's education system to a "world class standard".

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Exams have been cancelled for the second year running due to the impact caused by coronavirus. The government have put schools will be in charge of grades and assessments this summer in a bid to avoid the results day chaos caused by last year's controversial algorithm.

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UCL Institute for Education finds 88% of TAs supported vulnerable and key worker children in school