Threat of results delay as exam staff now balloted for strike action AQA staff told they may face ‘dismiss and re-engage’ if they turn down pay offer
Investigation: Why are our sick children forced to sit exams? Parents want critically ill pupils to be given teacher assessed grades, rather than have to sit exams just days after major operations
Ofqual chief admits exam board mistakes caused ‘distress’ Chief regulator Jo Saxton also told school leaders handwriting is ‘here to stay’, and warn they face worse results than 2021
AQA sorry for ‘stress’ over A-level law question not in advance info Exam board makes second apology in a week over issues with advance information
Markers locked out of Capita’s SATs webinar The firm has apologised after teachers were left waiting for hours
‘We don’t want to be known as the kids who didn’t do GCSEs’ Schools Week editor John Dickens joined Ofqual chief regulator Dr Jo Saxton as her tour of schools across the country ahead of the return of exams reached his home town of Blackpool
Schools brace for Covid exams disruption as pupil anxiety rises Invigilator shortages, requests to sit exams in separate rooms and Covid infections cause major headache for heads, says union
Ofqual reveals how exams in 2023 will look Coursework and subject content to return to pre-pandemic standards
Ofqual’s 3-year plan for exams: need to know The exams watchdog wants to support the use of ‘innovative technology’