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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 produce ...

25 Mar 2022 at 16:55

New crackdown on GCSE questions with middle-class bias

Exam boards have been given new guidance to make their papers more accessible. Tests should use clearer language, a clear and consistent layout, and “source material, context, images and colour in ways that do not disadvantage students”, ...

12 May 2022 at 15:25

Over half of teachers want to adopt online exams

New polling has revealed that over half of teachers would adopt online exams now if they were available in their subject. A survey by exam board Pearson Edexcel of 1,100 teachers revealed that 51% would use onscreen assessment now if it ...

12 May 2022 at 01:25

Decline in design and technology could narrow social mobility in engineering

The decline in the number of pupils studying design and technology (D&T) could be preventing children from poorer backgrounds becoming engineers, a new report suggests. A study from the Sutton Trust and the Bridge Group published on ...

23 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Schools being ‘thrown to the wolves’ over league table decision

Schools are being “thrown to the wolves” over a decision to publish GCSE performance tables for 2022, headteachers will warn on Friday. Speaking at the annual conference of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) in ...

11 Mar 2022 at 01:25

GCSE and A-level grade appeals increased almost five-fold in 2021

The number of pupil appeals to change their GCSE and A-level grades surged last year to nearly five times the number submitted in 2020. In total, 17,490 GCSE, AS and A-level grades were challenged by pupils in 2021 compared to ...

27 Jan 2022 at 13:25

Government exams chief: 2022 test changes will not advantage more able pupils

Changes to 2022 GCSE and A-level exams will not make them easier for more able pupils, the head of the Government exam regulator has said. Because of the disruption caused to pupils’ learning by the pandemic, pupils in ...

28 Jan 2022 at 12:55

Government exams chief: 2022 exam changes will not advantage more able pupils

28 Jan 2022 at 12:25

Headteachers call for advanced material on 2022 exams ‘as soon as possible’

Headteachers have called on the Government to review adaptations to GCSEs and A levels in 2022 in light of the disruption caused by the Omicron variant of Covid-19. And they argue that advance information about the ...

25 Jan 2022 at 01:25

‘GCSE creative arts subjects at risk of becoming preserve of private schools’

GCSE subjects such as drama, music and media are at risk of disappearing from state schools and being available only to children whose families who can afford to have them educated privately, a headteachers’ union ...

24 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Deaf children still being failed by education system, says charity

Deaf children are being failed by an education system that has seen them achieve an entire grade less at GCSE for five years in a row, a charity has warned. Young people with hearing difficulties are not being ...

24 Aug 2022 at 01:01

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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