Assessment

EBacc to the past: DfE hits brakes on accountability shake-up

Leaders welcome pause on plans to 'incentivise' subject take-up

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

Schools ‘in limbo’ as ministers scrap hairdressing and barbering T-levels

Leaders' union warns of 'considerable disruption' as plans ditched after years of development

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Assessment

T-levels: Schools could be charged more for low pupil numbers

New 'adaptive pricing model' will allow exam boards to charge higher fees if projected student numbers fall

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Assessment

GCSE maths re-sit pass rate lower than pre-pandemic

But performance in English re-takes continues to rise

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

‘This isn’t the end of pen-and-paper exams’, Pearson says as English GCSEs set to go on-screen

The board is the latest to announce its timeline for digital assessment, but will still offer the choice of...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

British sign language GCSE: What schools need to know

Pupils to learn at least 750 core words, how to tell a story and have political discussions in new...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Assessment

Ofqual confirms plan for GCSE exam aids in 2024

Exams regulator green lights formulae and equation sheets for one final year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

65,000 more exam grade appeals – but still below pre-Covid levels

Marking challenges move closer towards 2019 levels after exams returned to pre-virus standards

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Assessment

Advanced British Standard consultation: What you need to know

Ministers seek views on their plans for new 16 to 19 qualification dubbed 'headless chicken policymaking'

John Dickens
John Dickens