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Exams 2021: Most GCSEs and A-levels pushed back three weeks

Pupils will still sit one GCSE English and one GCSE maths exam before the summer half term next year, despite a move to push most other exams back by three weeks. The Department for Education has confirmed today that most GCSE and A-level exams will take place three weeks later than usual in 2021, to […]

Exams 2021: All the AS and A-level changes, subject by subject

The exams regulator Ofqual has confirmed the changes that will be made to AS and A-level assessments next year. The decisions were published in the outcome to a consultation on the proposals for exams in 2021, which was drawn up in response to concerns about the continuing impact of coronavirus. The changes proposed are supposed to address […]

Plan to move 2021 exams to June ‘little more than tinkering at the edges’ – heads’ leader

A proposal to delay the start of exams until June next year amounts to “little more than tinkering at the edges of next year’s exams”, a heads’ leader has said. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders said the proposal to start exams on June 7 “adds up to a […]