News Universities agree to honour first choice offers for pupils who hit grades after U-turn Universities have agreed to honour all-first choice offers for thousands of students rejected last week who have now had… Schools Week Reporter 5y Schools Week Reporter 5y News Grades boost for maths after NRT showed improved performance Ofqual has revised upwards its standardised grades for maths pupils after its national reference tests showed a “steady increase”… Schools Week Reporter 5y Schools Week Reporter 5y News Top results at A-level almost double under new system The proportion of A*s awarded to A-level pupils has almost doubled – revised results released today show. Exams regulator… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News GCSE results 2020: Top grades soar, as nearly four in five pupils pass The proportion of 7 or above grades handed to GCSE pupils in England has soared after the government U-turn… Schools Week Reporter 5y Schools Week Reporter 5y News Pearson announces eleventh-hour grading U-turn on BTECs – telling schools NOT to issue results tomorrow Schools have been told not to issue BTEC results tomorrow after an eleventh hour grading U-turn from Pearson. The… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Results 2020: Students won’t find out their algorithm grades Ofqual will not tell pupils the calculated grade they were set to get before the government’s U-turn. The regulator… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Another exams U-turn: DfE now says it has ‘full confidence’ in Ofqual after Williamson refusal The Department for Education has made another exams U-turn by saying it now has “full confidence” in the regulator… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News The DfE has published its first board minutes in over 2 years – here’s what we learnt The Department for Education has published its first set of board minutes since February 2018 – more than two… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Exclusive DfE assumed schools had 282 devices each before deciding free laptop allocations The government assumed schools had as many as 282 laptops each in its calculation to decide how many additional… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Exam boards promise GCSE grades will be delivered to schools on time Exam boards have promised to provide schools their GCSE results tomorrow morning as usual – allowing pupils to receive… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Stats watchdog to launch review into Ofqual’s results algorithm The government’s statistics watchdog is to launch a review into how Ofqual’s controversial results algorithm was developed. The review… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News ASCL calls for independent inquiry into exam results fiasco A school leaders’ union has amped up the pressure on government, calling for an independent inquiry into this year’s… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y Newer 1 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 980 Older