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Year 6 SATs question leaves people stumped as even grown-ups get it wrong
A primary school teacher trainer dubbed the 'Grammar Slammer' has put adult TikTok users to the test by sharing a tricky Year 6 exam question – and many grown-ups have been getting it wrong
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Year 6 SATS grammar question challenges you to put comma in the 'correct' place
A primary school teacher trainer has put adults to the test by sharing a Year 6 English exam question that sees grown-ups attempt to put a comma in the 'correct' place – can get it right?
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'I'm a nutritionist - these four foods will help your child through GCSE season'
Millions of teenagers across Britain will be revising for hours on end this month, ahead of their GCSE and A-Level exams - but eating the 'right foods' can bolster their performance even further
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Teacher creates cunning exam question to find cheaters and catches 14 students
A teacher who became fed up with students using their mobile phones to find answers and cheat on university exams came up with a devious way to catch them out - and every pupil who fell for it failed their test
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Top 20 sensitive mealtime topics with kids - like school life and career options
Seven in ten parents reckon their youngsters are more open to discussing sensitive topics - when they are tucking into their favourite foods, according to research
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Students utterly baffled by 'sadistic' final question in GSCE maths paper
Pupils 'furious' over a painfully difficult math question on their GCSE paper, which asks them to find the 'shaded area' of a peculiar-looking shape
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TikTok scammers charging desperate students hundreds for fake GCSE exam papers
Desperate students are falling for scams on TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram and parting with anything from £7.50 to a whopping £4,000 to get their hands on a GCSE or A-level paper ahead of exam day
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Tricky maths question for kids puzzling adults with some citing 'serious error'
Adults have been left baffled at a SATs maths question aimed at 10 year olds with some disputing that the question is quite misleading - but others disagreed and said it was easy
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Student misses exam after being hospitalised for vertigo from spinning on chair
When Zonera Williams suffered acute vertigo when she repeatedly spun round in her chair in the library at University of Bradford, the third-year student was taken to hospital
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Expert on mistakes GCSE students make with exam questions and revision trick
Revision guru Sam Ellis reveals his top tips for exam season and why students should follow the Pomodoro Technique to help with motivation when tackling tough subjects
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'Education at risk as Labour back pedals on fees'
As Eva Simpson's son contemplates his future after A-levels, our columnist discusses whether those in further education actually need to be, and asks if there's more value in undertaking vocational training, considering the news that tuition fees may not be scrapped after all...