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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sally Weale Education correspondent

Peers call for urgent overhaul of secondary education in England

Students sitting mock GCSE exams
The House of Lords report says the secondary education system is too focused on academic learning and written exams. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

A major parliamentary report has called for an urgent overhaul of secondary education in England that would reverse many of the Conservatives’ key education changes of the past decade.

The House of Lords report says the education system for 11- to 16-year-olds is too focused on academic learning and written exams, resulting in too much learning by rote and not enough opportunity for pupils to pursue creative and technical subjects.

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