Recommendations to help young people make better progress post-16 will be reflected in the coming skills white paper, Professor Becky Francis said.

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Lord Gowthorpe's Independent School, in Dunnington, is to become an exam centre for children with special educational needs (SEN).

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The best secondary school in all of Buckinghamshire has now been revealed, according to government league tables.

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The number of pupils sitting resits this year was at an all-time high For almost a quarter of pupils taking Maths and English GCSEs this year, it wasn't their first rodeo. Some 23.4% of pupils taking ...

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