Exams

7 policies from Pearson to make exams fit for the future

Exam board advocates changes to performance measures and a rethink of the English and maths resit policy following major...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Switch focus from plan B tests to exam prep, schools minister says

'No requirement' to collect teacher grade evidence into next term, Robin Walker says

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Exams: is there an alternative to ‘back to normal’?

Schools may be relieved to recover a sense of normality, write Mick Waters and Tim Brighouse, but there are...

JL Dutaut
Tim Brighouse and Mick Waters
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Watchdog warns of exam board staff ‘burnout’ after Covid chaos

New report sheds light on how boards coped in last two years

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Exams head us back to normality. Now for league tables

Ofqual is ensuring students get the exams they want in the fairest way possible, writes Gareth Stevens, but schools...

JL Dutaut
GARETH STEVENS
Exams

What a surprise: teachers are in the firing line again

Simple solutions were available, writes Vic Goddard. Instead, we have complex and confused exam mitigations that could compound Covid’s...

JL Dutaut
VIC GODDARD
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Early GCSE results won’t count in 2022 league tables

Qualifications entered early in 2020 and 2021 won't count towards progress 8 scores of current year 11 cohort

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Only use exam board websites to access advance information, schools told

Boards are trying to prevent misinformation spreading online

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Our exam mitigations have fairness at their heart

Some will question our decisions on mitigations and grade boundaries, writes Jo Saxton, but they are proportionate and focused...

JL Dutaut
JO SAXTON