An eight-year-old girl is dead and her mother is in the hospital after they were struck by an SUV in Oakville on Thursday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to North Service Road West, west of ...

The Government’s new reading test for year 8s will sit alongside new “diagnostic” maths and writing tests to help teachers identify gaps in learning, the Education Secretary has said. The final report ...

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Students across the state were left stunned after sitting the “ridiculous” exam on Monday, which included topics in the second booklet – worth 50 marks – that many say they weren’t prepared for. “What ...

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Data from the new year 8 reading test will be passed to Ofsted but will not be published, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed. Another test: Education unions argue that the new year 8 ...