Traditional academic subjects are to be put back at the centre of teaching under radical Government plans to create a new ‘English Baccalaureate’. The qualification will not replace GCSEs, but will ...

The English Baccalaureate has been controversial from the start and it proved no less a bone of contention at the annual conference in Manchester of the Association of Schools and College Leaders ...

Education Secretary Michael Gove yesterday announced plans for a new English Baccalaureate qualification to recognise the achievements of GCSE students who complete a broad course of studies. The ...

A new English Baccalaureate certificate will be introduced to combat a “dramatic collapse” in the number of GCSE pupils taking serious academic subjects, the Education Secretary has announced. By ...