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Dr Michelle Meadows, former Ofqual deputy chief regulator

Dr Michelle Meadows was second-in-command at Ofqual during the 2020 exams fiasco, a grading disaster that will echo in schools for years to come. She reveals to Samantha Booth what happened behind closed doors … Dr Michelle Meadows is used to a grading crisis. She helped to handle at least five that hit the headlines […]

Ofqual analysis on 2020 grading: 5 new findings

Ofqual has published two new reports looking at the use of centre assessed grades (CAGs) last year. Last summer’s chaos saw the government u-turn on its plan to awarded calculated grades, allowing students to instead use unmoderated CAGs. It led to large rises in grades, with two-thirds of students having at least one of their […]