News

Schools save over £1 million in late exam entry fees

Schools saved more than £1 million in exam entry fees last year by entering more pupils on time, even...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

GCSEs, A-levels and other school qualifications should be scrapped

We should get rid of GCSEs and A-levels and make universities design their own entrance systems, argues Ed Cadwallader...

Ed Cadwallader
Ed Cadwallader
Feature

How to apply for re-marks and appeal A-level results

Pupils across England will get their A-level results on Thursday, and while most of them celebrate, their exams officers,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Simon Lebus resigns as Cambridge Assessment chief executive

Simon Lebus, group chief executive of Cambridge Assessment, will stand down from the role after 15 years at the...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Schools spend thousands of pounds on ‘question banks’ to improve GCSEs and SATs scores

Schools are spending thousands of pounds on “question banks” to prepare pupils for exams and to improve assessment outcomes....

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Ofqual ditches plans to regulate ‘easy’ and ‘hard’ subjects

Exams regulator Ofqual is no longer seeking to harmonise the number of pupils achieving top grades across different subjects...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

Confidence is at an all-time low in the exam marking system

Exams manager Paula Wood says confidence is at an all-time low in the exam marking system, but will Ofqual’s...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Pupils able to request coursework results from 2018

Pupils will be able to request the results of their GCSE and A-level coursework from next year, Ofqual has...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

We need an education system that works for the whole of society

Attainment is important for young people, but exams have to be seen in a wider context as part of...

Samantha Lauren King
Samantha Lauren King