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Pupils will specialise in engineering and science alongside other subjects such as English, maths, languages and business.
BBC: Aston University Engineering Academy opens
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In some of the programs, students are taught half their subjects in English and the other half in Spanish, or they start with more time in the dominant language until becoming equally fluent in both.
NPR: Instruction Of Students Learning English Bleak
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There will be a new eight-subject measure of GCSEs, including English and maths, three subjects out of sciences, languages, history and geography and three other subjects, such as art, music or RE.
BBC: Planned switch from GCSEs to Baccalaureate in England 'abandoned' - BBC News
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It also raised concerns about introducing English Baccalaureate certificates in English, maths and science while still running "discredited" GCSEs for other subjects.
BBC: MPs condemn plan to scrap GCSEs
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After that, setting falls away sharply for other subjects - for example English (42%), geography (31%) and information technology (19%).
BBC: Setting, streaming - how schools teach
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English is always the area where there is most dispute about grades because with maths and science - the other two subjects tested in Sats this summer - there is usually a right and wrong answer.
BBC: Appeals rise over schools tests