Assessment

Ofqual probe finds exam extra time figures wrong for years

Statistics withdrawn after regulator review finds they 'significantly overstated' the number of access arrangements

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Assessment

Scaled scores for 2025 key stage 2 SATs announced

Department for Education publishes marks pupils need to meet the 'expected' standard

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

Ofqual scrutinising Edexcel’s A-level maths replacement paper

Pupils complain that replacement paper missed swathes of content they had expected it to cover

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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