Opinion

A-level results 2017: How Schools Week will report the day and what to look out for

Editor Laura McInerney explains how we are going to report Thursday’s A-level results For the past two A-level results...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Politics

A-level results 2017: Stories from secondary moderns

A-level results day is here! As usual, we will be celebrating everyone’s successes, but with a particular interest in...

Samantha Lauren King
Samantha Lauren King
News

Boys’ A-level performance set to rise this year, predicts academic

This year’s A-level results are expected to show a surge in performance among boys, despite a fall in top...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Errors in exam papers tripled this year, Ofqual report reveals

The number of ‘material errors’ in the design of A level and GCSE exam papers has more than tripled...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Exam re-mark requests plummet after Ofqual reforms

The number of exam grades that were changed after being re-marked has dropped by 25 per cent this year,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Fewer schools punished for exam malpractice, but penalties for staff soar

The number of school staff penalised for helping students cheat in exams has risen by nearly 50 per cent,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

No-resit GCSEs prompt rise in ‘special consideration’ requests – but ill pupils lose out

The number of requests for exam scripts to receive “special consideration” in marking increased this summer, mainly thanks to...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Government told to ‘come clean’ on EBacc consultation findings after six-month delay

The government has failed to publish a report from its own consultation into the EBacc launched a year ago,...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Plans for new engineering A-level to recruit more creative students are dropped

Proposals to develop a new engineering A-level have been dropped, Schools Week can reveal, as more A-levels bite the...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg