Exams

Ofqual seeks schools’ evidence on BTEC results delays

Two week window to open for schools to submit evidence on summer delays

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

More school leavers without university places after exams return

Heads demand better-funded careers advice after official figures show 40,000 applicants were still without a place in mid-September

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Exams: Stick or twist, we need quick decisions from the new DfE 

It is right to return to pre-Covid grade boundaries as soon as possible, writes Geraint Jones, but we now...

JL Dutaut
Professor Geraint Jones
Exams, The Knowledge

GCSE results: A national shame that requires radical change

Our new research shows the unfolding tragedy of educational disadvantage, writes Lee Elliot Major, and it’s a scandal that...

JL Dutaut
Lee Elliot Major
Exams

English and maths resits are crucial – but fewer should need them

A low pass rate for English and maths GCSEs – especially among disadvantaged pupils – is not an argument...

JL Dutaut
Steve Haines
Exams

Pearson faces record £1.3m fine for letting examiners remark own work

'No evidence' students received the wrong outcomes but schools awarded £300k compensation

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Exam results: Regional disparities show we need new solutions

This summer’s exam results have once again shown the persistence of regional disparities in educational attainment. Across A levels...

JL Dutaut
Chris Zarraga
Exams

GCSE results 2022: Only 9 per cent drop in top grades

The fall in top GCSE grades takes results only a third of the way back to 2019 levels, when...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Exams

GCSE results 2022: 8 key trends in England’s data

What did we learn from data on the first summer exams since 2019?

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth