Qualifications

Revealed: Plan for new V-level qualifications amid BTEC cull

Ministers expected to set out plans for third route alongside A-levels and T-levels in skills white paper

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Exams

Exams: Try rest breaks before asking for extra time, schools told 

New JCQ guidance says supervised rest breaks 'often more effective and appropriate' than extra exam time

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
GCSE results 2025

Bauckham concerned over switches from triple to double science GCSE

But too early to 'infer a trend' as data suggests 10,000 switch from three separate qualifications to double award

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Influencers may be behind boom in career-focused subjects, says exams chief

Economics and business studies see rise in entrants as exam board boss suggests 'entreprenurial' students want to emulate social...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

‘Expand, don’t downgrade’ language hubs, urges report

Report on decline of languages finds pupils in poorer areas 20% less likely to study one at GCSE

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Exams

Schools ‘over a barrel’ as exam fees rise again

Cost of exams will increase at a greater rate than school funding in 2026, with some provided by AQA...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Ofqual scrutinising Edexcel’s A-level maths replacement paper

Pupils complain that replacement paper missed swathes of content they had expected it to cover

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Exam boards consider ‘action’ over social media predictions

A quarter of teachers say they have heard of pupils buying so-called 'predicted' papers

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Poorer pupils ‘locked out’ of key subjects due to teacher shortages

Teacher shortages ‘block poorest pupils from some of the best-paid careers in AI-driven economy’

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer