Tuesday
GCSEs: Teachers in ‘invidious’ position, Gibb warned
Shadow schools minister also warns that headteachers are being forced to ‘raid’ school budgets to cover Covid safety costs
GCSEs: No 19th-century fiction in ‘functional’ exam
‘Less traditional’ English Language GCSE will see students writing application letters to focus more on ‘real-world’ skills
Monday
GCSEs 2021: Schools to get £200 per private entry
Schools to get financial support to deal with A-level and GCSE entries from private candidates this summer
GCSEs 2022: Urgent warning over Year 10s’ lost learning
Next year’s exam students need ‘level playing field’ after missing one in eight face-to-face teaching days, says Labour
GCSEs: Grade 4 ‘devalued’ now worth 1 year’s less work
A grade C from 2007 is nearly equivalent to a 2019 grade 5, study finds, prompting calls to raise the grade of a standard pass
Wednesday
GCSEs: Plans for new ‘streamlined’ MFL courses
DfE consultation seeks views on making GCSE language courses ‘less burdensome’ for teachers and students
GCSEs 2021: Language teachers upset at DfE ‘blind spot’
Teachers of ‘community languages’ in supplementary schools not allowed to award grades for second year running
Friday
IGCSEs: Past performance to be used to calculate grades
‘Benchmark’ schools’ teacher-assessed grades to be used to calculate the threshold standards for exam grading this year
Ofqual expects 2020 grades pressure means staff will go
Exams regulator says continued pressure over the next year may mean more departures
Wednesday
SQA and Education Scotland defend their performance
Leaders of both bodies share their ‘disappointment’ about calls for ‘substantial reform’ and defend record during Covid
Schools have ‘courage’ to replace GCSEs, say heads
Parents would thank schools for replacing GCSEs, which have ‘had their day’, says ASCL leader Geoff Barton
