Assessment

Phillipson defends ‘risible’ partial level 3 defunding pause

Pausing 2025 and 2026 defunding plans could prejudice DfE review, education secretary says

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Assessment

SATs helpline struggling, and 9 more findings from STA accounts

Agency plans to 'transform' how it engages with schools, but still misses phone targets

Samantha Booth
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
Assessment

BTECs reform pause and review: Everything you need to know

DfE to conclude review of defunding reforms by December, but Labour accused of ‘betrayal’ amid lack of long-term pause

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Assessment

DfE pauses post-16 qualifications review and BTECs defunding

New education secretary announces 'short pause and review' of previous government's approach

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

Personal statements reform to ‘level playing field’

Social mobility expert welcomes replacement of 'love letter' free text box

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

GCSEs 2024: More generous grades for French, German and computer science

Ofqual said language changes will align grades with Spanish, while computer science results found to have been ‘more stringent’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

Poorer secondary pupils now 19 months behind their peers

EPI calls for national strategy as Labour inherits education system 'beset by inequalities'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

NCFE fined £300k for 2022 T-level exam fiasco

Awarding body has promised errors will not happen again

Samantha Booth
Anviksha Patel
Assessment

Scaled scores for 2024 key stage 2 SATs announced

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

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter