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A-level results 2023: London and south east pupils pull further ahead

While national grade standards return to 2019 levels, the regional outlook shows a new normal

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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The key trends in 2023 GCSE and A-level entries

Boost in popularity for maths, computing and classical subjects, but language and creative subjects in trouble

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
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It’s the same pay for double the work, say SATs markers

Capita faces criticism over slashed marking rates for the second year running

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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43% rise in pupils caught cheating after exams return

Student penalties up more than two-fifths in 2022 compared to 2019, with mobile phones making up the majority of...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
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School leaders form pact not to show off A-level results

Some trust and school chiefs are avoiding 'tempting' PR about A-level and GCSE grades, warning Covid makes comparisons 'ridiculous'

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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A-level results day 2022: Teachers face AQA exams portal issues

Board says results delivery not impacted by 'issues' with 'working' system

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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A-level results are no disaster – but the system is not out of the woods

The vast majority of young people who wanted to attend university now can – after that there are some...

Jess Staufenberg
Tom Richmond
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A-level results 2022: Which subjects saw the biggest drop in top grades?

Top grades in some subjects are far closer to pre-Covid results than others, with the biggest upheaval still to...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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A-level results 2022: 6 key trends in England’s data

What did we learn from data on the first summer exams since 2019?

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth