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Qualifications reform risks more exams, 'unregulated' A-levels and students unprepared for higher study, says exams regulator
A 16-year-old boy has been cautioned in connection with an exam board cyber attack
Government said both the ‘breadth of content’ and ‘burden of assessment’ could be changed
Analysis comes as Covid impact and potential Labour changes may spell end to measure in its current form
FOI data reveals just 7 per cent of primary schools opted out of receiving KS1 papers
But some heads have warned the sector could creep back to GCSE pass grades being the accountability 'king'
The Department for Education had explored alternative options, but concluded there is 'no replacement' for progress 8 measure
Schools faced ‘significant frustration’ during outsourcer’s first year, with thousands of papers going missing and wrong marks awarded
Ofqual also says delay to start of marking last year did not get in the way of 'standards maintenance...
