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English Language and Mathematics: GCSE |
| Question ID: |
1786520 |
| UIN: |
39620 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5070 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lisa Smart
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lisa Smart
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) GCSE and (b) equivalent assessments in (i) Mathematics and (ii) English prioritise the evaluation of students' analytical and problem-solving skills. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-28 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4125 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine McKinnell
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| Answering Member handle: |
CMcKinnellMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@CMcKinnellMP
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| Answer text: |
High and rising school standards, with excellent foundations in reading, writing and mathematics, are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity.The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Re... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |