Teaching GCSE topics younger risks turning schools into ‘early exam factories’, Powell warns

Lucy Powell says proposals to end widespread practice will be included in overhaul of England’s national curriculumPushing GCSE subjects on younger pupils risks turning England’s secondary schools into “early exam factories”, the education secretary has said, warning that it is increasing disengagement from education.Lucy Powell wants schools to end the widespread practice of teaching GCSE topics to pupils in year…