Opinion

The inelegant fix of awarding CAGs puts year 12s at the sharp end of this crisis

After days of uncertainty, we’ve learnt the government’s pathway out of their exam fiasco. In debates about appeals, admissions...

John Dickens
JANE CAHILL
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
John Dickens
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
John Dickens
News

Education secretary ‘hoping’ BTEC results can be included in grading U-turn

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has said that he is ‘hoping’ BTEC and similar vocational grades will be included in...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Confirmed: A-level and GCSE pupils to be awarded teacher grades

Exams regulator Ofqual has confirmed that both A-level and GCSEs students will be given their teacher grades in what...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Results fiasco: Ofqual ‘extremely sorry’ for creating ‘real anguish and damaging public confidence’

Ofqual has said it’s sorry for creating a results system that caused “real anguish” as it’s confirmed pupils will...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Teacher grades to be awarded in major government U-turn after results fiasco – reports

Ministers are set to announce this afternoon that both A-level and GCSEs students will be awarded their teacher grades...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Ofqual adviser: ‘Schools are tearing their hair out – it’s an absolute shambles’

An Ofqual adviser has broken ranks to brand the handling of this year’s results as an “absolute shambles”, suggesting...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

Automatic reviews of results lowered by more than one grade would rectify worst of the injustice

As the fiasco surrounding A-level results continues, Paul Whiteman says the increasingly political Punch and Judy show has served...

John Dickens
PAUL WHITEMAN