Opinion

Schools that followed advice to deflate grades must now be given appeal route

The decision to use centre assessed grades means many schools are now suddenly in an unfair position and coming...

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DAVID BLOW
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From 1 to 8 – the exams algorithm’s ‘bizarre’ grade hikes

When headteacher Jonny Mitchell heard a pupil who had been awarded a centre assessed grade (CAG) of 1 had...

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John Dickens
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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...

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John Dickens
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Languages and creative subjects see highest increases in top A-level grades 

Creative subjects and other modern languages have seen the highest increases in top grades at A-level. Maths and sociology...

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John Dickens
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GCSE results 2020: 8 interesting things we learned

After the government’s U-turn this week to award centre-assessed grades – the statistics released today are must less detailed...

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John Dickens
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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...

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John Dickens
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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...

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John Dickens
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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...

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John Dickens
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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...

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John Dickens