Assessment

Exam boards consider ‘action’ over social media predictions

A quarter of teachers say they have heard of pupils buying so-called 'predicted' papers

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Assessment

GCSE entries fall in German, science and history GCSEs

Exam entries fall in over half of EBacc subjects, new Ofqual figures show

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Assessment

British Sign Language GCSE ‘unlikely before 2028’

The Department for Education initially hoped the qualification would be launched in autumn this year

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Assessment

Ministers hope new GCSE results app will save £30m a year

Almost 100,000 year 11s will receive grades via a government app this year

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Assessment

The schools working hard for the ‘forgotten third’

Every year, about a third of GCSE pupils in England do not achieve a grade 4 in English and...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Assessment

DfE shaves £500m off T-levels spending

Huge cost adjustment caused by low student numbers, DfE claims

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Assessment

OCR pauses geography GCSE changes amid ‘unanswered questions’ about future of exams

Exam board believes it is 'wise to wait' for the outcome of the curriculum and assessment review

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

Exam board fined £250k over string of rule breaches

Ofqual found teachers who also drew up assessments could have known which papers pupils would take, and conflicts among...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Assessment

T-level results to be published for individual schools for first time

But a planned overall attainment measure has been delayed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden