Opinion

A level results: Oxbridge applicants face multiple challenges

Coupled with the impacts of COVID-19 itself, this year’s exam results mean Oxbridge entry is harder than ever. Paarul...

JL Dutaut
PAARUL SHAH
Opinion

A level results: A fiasco destined to be repeated?

For all the apologies, Mary Bousted says there is little sign government is willing or able to learn the...

JL Dutaut
MARY BOUSTED
Opinion

A level results: Predictable problems leave students and Ofqual under pressure

Failure to deal with predictable problems early on has only created more pressure for students, schools and Ofqual, writes...

JL Dutaut
NATALIE PERERA
Opinion

This A level results mess could have been avoided

Only transparency about how calculated grades were arrived at can begin to fix the entirely avoidable unfairness of today’s...

JL Dutaut
DAVID HOLTHAM
Opinion

Appeals are key to ensuring no student is disadvantaged by statistical moderation

This year’s A level results are of equal value to results gained in any other year but we must learn...

JL Dutaut
SARAH HANNAFIN
Opinion

The government must address ‘inexplicable variations’ in sixth form colleges’ A-level results

Sixth form colleges are reporting that their A-level results do not reflect the grades they provided, or three year...

Freddie Whittaker
BILL WATKIN
Opinion

What Oak Academy has done well, and how it can do better

The Oak National Academy has gone from nothing to national institution in just a few months. Here, its principal...

Freddie Whittaker
MATT HOOD
Opinion

5 reasons to be cautious about estimates of lockdown learning loss

Research estimating lockdown learning loss, published during the crisis, paints a grim picture of widening attainment gaps and long-term...

John Dickens
PROFESSOR GEMMA MOSS
Opinion

A results day guide to help schools navigate this year’s uncharted waters

Understandably, students and their parents may be unsure about how their grades are arrived at this year and what...

John Dickens
DR PHILIP WRIGHT