Education quiz: how much do you remember about 2016?

How did prime minister Theresa May stoke controversy in education this year? Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

1. 

   Bake Off winner Candice Brown has just left her teaching job. What subject did she teach?

   1. Food technology

   2. Media studies

   3. Physics

   4. PE

2. It was reported that Nick Gibb, schools minister, wanted to stop children doing what?

   1. Picking their noses

   2. Using exclamation marks

   3. Swearing

   4. Texting in class

3. Former education secretary Nicky Morgan chastised the prime minister for wearing an expensive pair of leather trousers but she was soon in hot water over her own pricey leather goods. Which item came under fire?

   1. A Mulberry handbag

   2. Barbour gloves

   3. Manolo Blahnik shoes

   4. Ted Baker jacket

4. 

   Michael Wilshaw said farewell to Ofsted this year. Who has he not compared his leadership style to?

   1. Nelson Mandela

   2. Harry Redknapp

   3. Mother Teresa

   4. Clint Eastwood

5. Sir Greg Martin stepped down as headteacher at Durand Academy in south London following concerns about the school’s use of public money. What side business had he registered at the school premises?

   1. Pizza takeaway

   2. Dating agency

   3. Pop-up brewery

   4. Cupcake business

6. There were plenty of U-turns from the Department for Education this year. Which of the following is still going ahead?

   1. Making children who fail their Sats sit them again in secondary school

   2. Plans to force all of England’s schools to become academies

   3. The abolition of parent governors

   4. Diverting money from London schools to those elsewhere

7. 

   A headteacher in Darlington wrote to parents to ask them to refrain from:

   1. Shouting at the opposition on sports days

   2. Criticising the school on social media

   3. Turning up in pyjamas

   4. Putting chocolates in packed lunches

8. Theresa May ignored decades of education policy research by ending the ban on grammar schools in a bid to restore “meritocracy”. Which author described his failure to pass his 11-plus exam as “confidence shattering”?

   1. Alan Bennett

   2. Michael Morpurgo

   3. Michael Rosen

   4. Frank Cottrell Boyce

9. Which A-level was scrapped after being dismissed as a “soft subject” by Michael Gove and then brought back after public outcry?

   1. History of art

   2. General studies

   3. Media studies

   4. Classical civilisation

10. In November, Jeremy Hunt proposed a ban on sexting for under-18s. How did he suggest this could be enforced?

    1. Social media companies should use software that can detect when it is happening

    2. Sex education classes should be made compulsory for all schools

    3. Teachers should check students’ messages

    4. Mobile phones should be illegal for children

Solutions

1:D, 2:B, 3:A, 4:B, 5:B, 6:D, 7:C, 8:B, 9:A, 10:A

Scores

1. 7 and above.

   A* – clearly you do your homework!

2. 6 and above.

   Satisfactory

3. 4 and above.

   Satisfactory

4. 0 and above.

   Bottom of the class

5. 2 and above.

   Bottom of the class