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Exam period returns for schools and colleges after pandemic gap

School pupils and college students across Scotland are preparing to sit exams for the first time since the pandemic hit. Exams for Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) National 5 and Higher and Advanced Highers start from Tuesday and will run ...

25 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Heads say using SATs as part of Ofsted judgment on curriculum makes ‘no sense’

Headteachers have criticised the decision for Ofsted to use schools’ 2022 SATs and GCSE results as part of its judgment of curriculum impacts. The DfE announced on Friday that it will not publish KS2 SATs in league tables but that it will ...

25 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Pupils who fail GCSE English and maths ‘may be blocked’ from student loans

Pupils could be blocked from taking out student loans if they fail maths and English GCSEs, under Government plans aimed at tightening controls on higher education. The proposals, which are set to be published later this week before ...

23 Feb 2022 at 01:55

Exam stress for pupils greater than before pandemic, headteachers tell survey

More than eight in 10 headteachers say their pupils are more stressed and anxious about exams this year than they were pre-pandemic. A survey by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) found that nearly 80% of schools ...

11 May 2022 at 01:25

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Exam regulators say students ‘will not be disadvantaged’ by Covid disruption

Everything will be done to ensure that students sitting exams this summer will not be disadvantaged due to the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic, exam chiefs have said. Giving evidence to the Stormont Education Committee, ...

08 Mar 2022 at 20:33

Scotland

Greens have challenged government over exams support, insists co-leader

Fury from teachers and students about the Scottish Qualifications Agency (SQA) exam support published this week has been raised in government as a “constructive challenge” by the Scottish Greens, co-leader Patrick Harvie has ...

11 Mar 2022 at 16:55

News

Plans for exams to go ahead as normal, says NI education minister

Northern Ireland’s Education Minister has said she hopes that exams will go ahead as normal later this year. Michelle McIlveen told Assembly members on Tuesday it was her plan that state exams would take place in the coming ...

25 Jan 2022 at 20:55

Ireland

Leaving Certificate will be exams only this year

Students will sit “radically different” Leaving Certificate exams this year, as the Minister for Education confirmed they will be held as exams only. Norma Foley ruled out a hybrid approach to the state exams, and said the ...

01 Feb 2022 at 14:56

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'A desperate decision' - Opposition parties condemn reported plans to scrap hybrid Leaving Cert

Opposition parties have decried reports that Education Minister Normal Foley is planning to rule out a hybrid approach to state exams, with Sinn Féin education spokesperson Donnchadh O' Laoghaire calling it a “desperate ...

01 Feb 2022 at 12:34

Students say excitement levels ‘through the roof’ after getting A-level results

Students at Peter Symonds College in Winchester have spoken of their high “excitement levels” as they received their exam results despite facing the disruptions of pandemic lockdowns. John Diedrick, 18, from Winchester,...

18 Aug 2022 at 13:06

Northern Ireland

A-level grades in Northern Ireland up on last comparative year as exams return

The return of public examinations in Northern Ireland has seen an increase in A-level grades from the last comparative year. More than 25,000 students across Northern Ireland have received their results after the ...

18 Aug 2022 at 10:35

Private school GCSE grades more generous than expected amid pandemic – analysis

Private schools gave out more generous GCSE grades than expected during the pandemic, new analysis suggests. The analysis by FFT Education Datalab found that during 2020 and 2021, when full public exams were ...

29 Jun 2022 at 11:37

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