Exam board AQA features no black writers on GCSE English literature syllabus

Pupils could complete their GCSEs and leave secondary school in England without studying a single work of literature by a non-white author, research has found.

The largest exam board in the country, AQA, does not feature a single book by a black author among set texts for its GCSE English literature syllabus, according to a report by the education charity Teach First.

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies aged 96

Buckingham Palace says monarch has died at Scottish residence of Balmoral Castle…

Russia-Ukraine war live news: race to restore power and water in Kherson; murdered civilians found, Zelenskiy says

Kherson’s mayor says humanitarian situation is ‘severe’; Zelenskiy accuses Russian soldiers of…

Ann Dowd: ‘My closest brush with the law? Stealing lamb chops from a Chicago supermarket’

The Handmaid’s Tale actor on her crush on Clint Eastwood and selling…

Treason, betrayal and grief in Ukrainian village devastated by Russian missile strike

Two brothers who grew up in village of Hroza have been charged…