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Ofqual disbands standards committee

The standards advisory group, a committee of the Ofqual board, was set up more than a decade ago

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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43% rise in pupils caught cheating after exams return

Student penalties up more than two-fifths in 2022 compared to 2019, with mobile phones making up the majority of...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
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Plan B guidance for 2023 exams confirmed

Schools sound workload warnings over contingency plans for next summer's GCSEs and A-levels

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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KS2 SATs pushed back over King’s coronation bank holiday

The Standards and Testing Agency said key stage 2 test dates will be moved to accommodate the extra May...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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What you need to know about the first times tables test results

Schools minister says maths skills will help pupils calculate mortgage rate increases and find supermarket bargains

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Dr Michelle Meadows, former Ofqual deputy chief regulator

Dr Michelle Meadows was second-in-command at Ofqual during the 2020 exams fiasco, a grading disaster that will echo in...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Onscreen exams can’t ‘experiment with pupils’ futures’ – Ofqual chair

Tech in exams 'a case of when not if', but regulator's job is not to be 'evangelist of technology',...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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‘Remarkable’ improvement in ethnic minorities’ GCSEs, but some fall further behind

But researchers warn educational success has 'not yet translated' in earnings

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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A-level disadvantage gap widest since records began

New data also shows record number of schools needing extra arrangements for exam students

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth