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Exams 2020: Ofqual to provide guidance on “valid mock grades”

Ofqual has announced it will publish guidance on how schools can use “valid mock grades” to appeal A-levels and…

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James Carr
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Exams 2020: 40% of A-level grades ‘adjusted’, minister reveals

Forty per cent of A-level grades provided by schools have been “adjusted” during the standardisation process, Nick Gibb has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘We apologise to nobody’ – Gibb defends ‘eleventh-hour’ mocks change

The government will “apologise to nobody” for its last-minute change to the exams system which will offer some pupils…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE sets out plans to allow disappointed exam students to use ‘valid mock grades’

Pupils will be given the choice of receiving a “valid mock grade” instead of their standardised centre-assessment grade under…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unhappy exam students can use mock exam results – reports

Pupils in England will be allowed to use “mock exam results” if they are unhappy with the grades they…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Starmer: Government risks ‘robbing a generation of their future’

The government risks “robbing a generation of young people of their future” unless it addresses concerns about unfairness in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Scotland withdraws all downgraded exam grades

Scotland will withdraw around a quarter of standardised exam grades issued last week, in a move that raises questions…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Don’t ‘read too much’ into ‘work in progress’ data on transmission in schools, says minister

A health minister has warned against reading “too much” into data from an incomplete study on the transmission of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Hold places for appealing A-level students, minister tells universities

Universities should hold places for pupils who choose to appeal against their A-level grades, the government has said. In…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government to hand councils £40m to help with home-to-school transport

Councils will receive £40 million in funding from the government to help get children to school in September amid…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Heads call for exam appeal fees to be waived as schools brace for deluge of challenges

Fees should not be charged for appeals against exam results this year to ensure there is a “level playing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Four things we learned from the EPI’s analysis of 2021-22 school funding allocations

Efforts to “level-up” school funding in England will benefit better-off pupils more than their poorer peers, according to new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker