Exams

Ofqual issues cyber warning over coursework as 1 in 3 secondaries hit

Scores of coursework could be lost from 'weak' security, as many teachers went without tech training last year, regulator...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
BTECs

Hundreds of leaders make last-ditch plea for BTECs bonfire pause

455 school and college heads sign letter calling for minimum 1 year delay to defunding plans

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
A-level results 2024

A-level results 2024: Future exams will be pegged to more generous 2023 baseline

Students achieved more A*s this year than every year since 2010 (outside of teacher grades), despite Covid learning loss....

John Dickens
John Dickens and Samantha Booth
T levels

T Level results 2024: Fewer dropouts but pass rate dips below 90%

Proportion receiving top grades has also fallen significantly

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
BTECs

Phillipson defends ‘risible’ partial level 3 defunding pause

Pausing 2025 and 2026 defunding plans could prejudice DfE review, education secretary says

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Exams

NCFE fined £300k for 2022 T-level exam fiasco

Awarding body has promised errors will not happen again

Samantha Booth
Anviksha Patel
Exams

Sir Ian Bauckham is Keegan’s pick for permanent Ofqual chief

But his confirmation will be left up to whoever forms the next government

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Civil service boss: Covid exams U-turn ‘most awful governing ever’

Simon Case said in August 2020 that 'lots of people should lose their heads' over exams fiasco

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Hacking homework for exam breach suspect

A 16-year-old boy has been cautioned in connection with an exam board cyber attack

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth