News

School performance data: winners and losers

The Department for Education this week published school-level data on GCSE and A-level results, including Progress 8 and Attainment...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Languages responsible for drop in EBacc entries

The proportion of pupils entering the EBacc has dropped for the first time, new data shows, and experts claim...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Ofqual accused of ‘refusing to engage’ with colour-blindness

Exam boards are producing scripts for GCSEs and A-levels that rely on coloured diagrams to convey information to candidates,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Numeric GCSE grades system pushing down results

The shift to a numeric scoring system for GCSEs is playing havoc with this year’s results, as Attainment 8...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

English GCSE mismatch puts university offers at risk

Pupils are in danger of missing out on higher education due to a “mismatch” between university expectations and the...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Folks, we need to talk about exam re-marks

We need to talk about exam re-marks – and quickly, says editor Laura McInerney It’s the first week of...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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
Exam results

GCSE Results 2017: Spanish

Here are tables of this year’s GCSE Spanish results in England compared with previous years. Spanish GCSE results in...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Exam results

GCSE Results 2017: Religious studies

Here are tables of this year’s GCSE religious studies results in England compared with previous years. Religious studies GCSE...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter