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Edexcel allows exam candidates to opt out of gender classifications

Pupils taking exams this summer have been offered the chance to opt out of gender classifications for the first...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Edexcel grade boundaries leaked ahead of A-level results day

The grade boundaries for A-level exams set by the exam board Edexcel have been leaked online, a day ahead...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Ofqual mulls grading change for language and science A-levels

Ofqual is considering a change to the grading of A levels in modern languages and the sciences, if it...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

A third of state schools allow pupils to opt out of languages in year 9

Over a third of state schools now allow pupils to opt out of studying a language in year 9,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

AS entries fall by 60 per cent

AS-level entries continued to plummet this year, continuing a trend triggered by reforms which mean AS-levels no longer count...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

More than 1,000 learners that failed courses last year will now be told they passed

More than 1,000 learners that failed their courses last year are now being told they’ve passed. Under the previous...

Shane Mann
Shane Mann
News

GCSE grade changes increase by 52% – mostly due to GCSE English

The number of GCSE grades changed at a marking review this year has increased by 52 per cent, with...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

How can we better prepare students for university?

The narrow A-level curriculum is leaving more and more new undergraduates unable to cope with the rigours of university,...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

£600 maths premium ≠ more maths A-levels

The government’s policy to pay schools to get more pupils studying maths is misguided, argues Luke Sibieta – why...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor