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Coronavirus: Six things we learned from Ofqual about exams in 2020 and 2021

Exams were the focus of an education select committee hearing this week, with senior staff appearing from the exams’...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: 2020 exam standardisation process will ignore school ‘trajectory’, Ofqual confirms

The “trajectory” of improving schools will not be taken into account when standardising GCSE and A-level results this year,...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: Ofqual reveals three week ‘window’ for estimating vocational and technical grades

Schools will have a three week “window” to provide calculated grades for vocational and technical qualifications from June 1,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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EPI: Suspend Ofsted inspections until 2021 and launch retired teacher volunteer scheme

Suspending Ofsted inspections until next year and asking retired teachers to volunteer would help disadvantaged pupils “catch up” when...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Ofqual’s proposals for awarding vocational and technical qualifications: A speed read

Ofqual has today published a consultation on how it proposes to award vocational and technical qualifications this summer. Here’s...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Schools will rank GCSE and A-level pupils within grades

Schools will rank their GCSE and A-level pupils within each grade under a new system of assessment drawn up...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: An explainer on how grades will be awarded this summer

Ofqual has revealed how pupils will be assessed for GCSE and A-level qualifications this summer, following the cancellation of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Chief regulator offers ‘reassurance’ over this summer’s GCSE and A-level grades

Ofqual’s chief regulator Sally Collier has “reassured” GCSE and A-level students that the grades they get this summer will...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE reveals how it will provide grades for pupils this summer

The government has confirmed it will use teacher assessments to provide calculated grades for pupils this year. The aim...

John Dickens
John Dickens