Schools should collect plan B exams evidence, government proposes Ministers also looking to consult on long-term contigency plans for exams after ‘learning importance’ of system resilience
Ofqual chief: Schools don’t need another ‘big assessment experiment’ Dr Jo Saxton said she is not a’ grade inflation warrior’ but wants ‘fairest’ qualifications for students
Ministers confirm exams and grading plan for 2023 Grades will return to pre-pandemic standards, but with ‘soft landing’ protections and exam aids in some subjects
GCSE results 2022: Which subjects saw the biggest fall in grades? The government has reined in less than a quarter of recent grade inflation in some popular subjects
GCSE results 2022: Only 9 per cent drop in top grades The fall in top GCSE grades takes results only a third of the way back to 2019 levels, when Ofqual promised a ‘midway point’
GCSE results 2022: 8 key trends in England’s data What did we learn from data on the first summer exams since 2019?
Pearson warns 7,000 pupils won’t get BTEC results tomorrow It comes as exam boards finally admit nearly 2,000 grades still to be issued five days after results day
Major exam reform the ‘last thing schools need’, warns ex-DfE adviser ‘Incremental improvement’ model would help ‘resource-starved’ schools, Sam Freedman says
School leaders form pact not to show off A-level results Some trust and school chiefs are avoiding ‘tempting’ PR about A-level and GCSE grades, warning Covid makes comparisons ‘ridiculous’