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OCR boss Jill Duffy to step down after seven years at the helm

Duffy will take on ‘new non-executive positions’ as she ‘steps back from full-time executive leadership’

Ex-education secretary to chair OCR curriculum and exams review

Exam board boss said they can ‘create something better across education and assessment’ in secondary schools

OCR to launch first fully-digital GCSE in 2025

On-screen computer science exam would allow for a ‘more authentic assessment’, but schools can opt out

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OCR to review difficulty of GCSE computer science paper

Follows backlash over exam leaving pupils ‘completely disheartened’ and warning it will put more youngsters off the subject

Union calls for formal review after OCR confirms 42% exam fees rebate

Exam board OCR has confirmed it will give schools and colleges a rebate of 42 per cent of fees for GCSEs and A-levels. The announcement is likely to put more pressure on AQA – the country’s largest exam board – to up its rebate. The board will only return 26 per cent of entry fees, […]

Exams 2021: AQA to return 26% of fees paid by schools

Exam board AQA has confirmed it will once again return just 26 per cent of entry fees paid this year after saving £45 million. In a statement today the board said it was returning all of the money it saved to schools “because, as we’ve always said, we’d never want to benefit financially from the […]

WJEC grades portal goes down as exam board scrambles to fix issues

Exam board WJEC Eduqas has been forced to temporarily take down its portal for submitting teacher assessed grades just hours before the deadline for schools, after problems displaying data. It is the third exam board to face issues with its website during the past two days. This morning, WJEC, which has entries from over 3,800 […]

Schools shut out from submitting teacher grades after exam board portal crashes

Schools are shut out from submitting teacher grades, just a day before the deadline, after an exam board’s submission portal crashed. OCR realised at lunchtime on Thursday that schools and colleges were unable to submit results to its grade submission system. A spokesperson said “urgent action” is being taken to resolve the problem, but they […]