‘This isn’t the end of pen-and-paper exams’, Pearson says as English GCSEs set to go on-screen The board is the latest to announce its timeline for digital assessment, but will still offer the choice of paper-based exams
Ofqual confirms plan for GCSE exam aids in 2024 Exams regulator green lights formulae and equation sheets for one final year
65,000 more exam grade appeals – but still below pre-Covid levels Marking challenges move closer towards 2019 levels after exams returned to pre-virus standards
Exams: Pupil cheating rises by a fifth, with harsher punishments The number of pupils caught cheating in GCSE and A-level exams continues to rise
Only public confidence stopping us from using AI in marking, says AQA AQA’s boss said artificial intelligence could be used ‘pretty much tomorrow morning’ to mark markers
GCSE students set to be given exam aids for one more year It follows Nick Gibb, ex-schools minister, saying there was ‘an expectation’ the support would not be offered this year
Ofqual set to have interim boss for a year Temporary chief regulator to be appointed on ‘exceptional basis’ to deal with ‘challenging period’ ahead
Calls for teacher grades for RAAC schools fall on deaf ears Bishop Wilkinson academy trust chief said he does not want pupils to ‘be disadvantaged’ by RAAC disruption
A-level results 2023: Which subjects saw the biggest drop in top grades? Top grades in some A-level subjects are still far higher than the pre-Covid benchmark, despite overall drops