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 News Exclusive Pearson corrects education secretary over false BTEC downgrades claim The awarding body for BTECs has corrected education secretary Gavin Williamson after he said two per cent of results… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News DfE unable to explain GCSE results day confusion – as Williamson contradicts his own guidance Education secretary Gavin Williamson has said GCSE pupils will get their actual grade on Thursday – seemingly contradicting earlier… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Results fiasco U-turn: your questions answered In what must be one of the highest profile U-turns in education history, the government said today that students… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Williamson suggests he didn’t analyse Ofqual algorithm until after it was published Education secretary Gavin Williamson has suggested he first got proper sight of Ofqual’s controversial algorithm – and the troublesome… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y Newer 1 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 1,006 Older
