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Coronavirus: DfE confirms August results days, abandoning ‘end of July’ deadline

GCSE and A-level results days will be in August this year, the government has announced, seemingly abandoning an aim...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Concerns as school pupils seek supermarket jobs

Pupils who believe they have already passed their GCSEs and A-levels and have been trying to get supermarket and...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Schools will rank GCSE and A-level pupils within grades

Schools will rank their GCSE and A-level pupils within each grade under a new system of assessment drawn up...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: An explainer on how grades will be awarded this summer

Ofqual has revealed how pupils will be assessed for GCSE and A-level qualifications this summer, following the cancellation of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Don’t seek further work to support GCSE and A-level grades, union tells leaders

Teachers and leaders “should not be seeking further work” from pupils to support their GCSE and A-level grades this...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: GCSEs and A-levels will be based on ‘moderated assessment’, says CST leader

GCSEs and A-levels grades will be awarded “on the basis of moderated assessment” this year following the cancellation of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofqual consults on new ‘clearer’ malpractice and maladministration guidance

The exams regulator Ofqual wants to replace its current guidance on how exam boards should tackle malpractice and maladministration,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Why reinvent the education wheel, when a solution already exists?

It’s great that we’re talking about alternatives to GCSEs and A-Levels, but we don’t need to start from scratch...

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RYAN KELSALL
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Ofqual consults on changes to reformed music and dance qualifications

Ofqual has launched a consultation into proposed changes to the reformed GCSEs, AS and A-levels in music and dance, after...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson