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Ofqual to face grilling by MPs over exams fiasco

Leaders from exams regulator Ofqual will appear in front of MPs next week to answer questions about this year’s...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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ASCL writes to Ofqual over ‘deflated grades’ fears

The Association of School and College Leaders has written to Ofqual and the government “as a matter of urgency”,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exams 2020: Heads question mock exam ‘curveball’

The government’s last-minute decision to give some pupils the chance to use mock exam grades instead of their calculated...

James Carr
James Carr
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Exams 2021: All the GCSE changes, subject by subject

The exams regulator Ofqual has confirmed the changes that will be made to GCSE assessments next year. The decisions...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exams 2021: Ofqual confirms changes in certain subjects, but no decision yet on delaying exams

Schools will be offered a choice of topics on which their pupils will be examined in GCSE English literature,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Autumn 2020 exam dates confirmed

Dates for the autumn exam series have been confirmed by the Joint Council for Qualifications. The organisation, which represents...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Seven things we learned from Ofqual’s 2019-20 annual report

The exams regulator Ofqual has published its annual report for the 2019-20 financial year. Here’s what we learned.  ...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Dropping GCSEs only for ‘exceptional circumstances’, leaked DfE guidance states

School leaders will be told to only allow GCSE students to drop a subject in “exceptional circumstances” next year,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Some assessment could be moved to earlier in 2021, suggests heads’ union

Some assessment in 2021 should be moved to earlier in the year rather than delay exams, a leadership union...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker