The Future of Assessment A free FE Week and Schools Week supplement in partnership with NCFE, diving into assessment reform
Major exam reform the ‘last thing schools need’, warns ex-DfE adviser ‘Incremental improvement’ model would help ‘resource-starved’ schools, Sam Freedman says
Prioritising poorer pupils for university is not ‘social engineering’ The odds of getting a university place remain heavily stacked against the poorest in society, one sector leader writes
T-level results 2022: A third achieve top grades but digital proves toughest subject The first ever cohort of T-level students are receiving their results today
Exams can’t close the attainment gap. We must address the underlying causes Qualification reform is needed, but won’t be enough on its own to address issues of inclusion, diversity and equality
AQA staff to strike on A-level and GCSE results days, Unison confirms But union claims of results disruption branded ‘scaremongering’ by schools minister
Teachers back digital exams in principle, but school tech not yet up to scratch Research by exam board AQA finds substantial barriers to digitising exams in England, despite support for the model
Fine exam boards for GCSE errors, education MPs demand Exams regulator Ofqual will ‘consider regulatory action’
AQA staff vote in favour of strike action over pay Unison considering ‘next steps’ after 71% vote for industrial action it claims could disrupt exam results