Assessment

Ofqual boss hears pupils’ confessions on AI

'It’s getting harder and harder to detect it,' warns Sir Ian Bauckham

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Opinion

Ofqual must be bolder on digital exams

The proposal to limit digital exams to only two subjects per exam board is unduly restrictive

Freddie Whittaker
Colin Hughes
Assessment

Photographers removed from GCSE assessment over website images

AQA deletes photographers' names from exam after images 'not appropriate for learners' found on their websites

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Curriculum

Progress 8: A third of pupils’ GCSE entries don’t fit reformed measure

Changes will make 'little difference' to scores but likely to affect qualification entries, finds Datalab analysis

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

New British Sign Language GCSE rules confirmed, but will exam boards offer it?

Charities welcome 'landmark' step in establishing British Sign Language GCSE, but next step rests with exam boards

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Curriculum

DfE ignores Francis review and proposes sweeping progress 8 reform

Government pledges reforms to subject make-up of key secondary school league table measure - despite curriculum review calling for...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

Skills white paper to confirm V-levels and GCSE re-sit ‘stepping stones’

New vocational courses will be the size of an A-level and replace existing alternatives to T-levels

Freddie Whittaker
Anviksha Patel
Assessment

Cyber-attacks, exam fees and digital vision…meet the new head of Cambridge OCR

Myles McGinley talks to Schools Week about his hopes for the future of curriculum and assessment

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

Exams: Try rest breaks before asking for extra time, schools told 

New JCQ guidance says supervised rest breaks 'often more effective and appropriate' than extra exam time

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas