Assessment

The latest news and analysis on exams in the UK, including key dates, timetables, results and statistics for Sats, GCSEs and A levels

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GCSEs 2021: Questions may come from defunct exam papers
GCSE and A-level students could sit questions from pre-reform exam specifications because of a lack of past papers
GCSEs 2021: Grading won’t be pegged to any other year
Tethering 2021 GCSE and A level results to a certain year would ‘probably entail the use of some form of algorithm’ says Williamson
GCSEs and A levels 2021: Coursework to go unmoderated
Coursework marking will not be moderated by boards, despite 55% of Ofqual consultation responses arguing it should be
GCSEs 2021: No minimum requirement for content studied
A-level and GCSE students will not have to have covered a minimum percentage of the syllabus to get grades this year
‘SQA has been dumbing down languages exams for years’
‘Ditching’ speech at Advanced Higher is latest poor decision in languages assessment, says this teacher
GCSEs 2021: Teacher-assessed grades get green light
GCSE and A-level students to get results in early August with an exam series in autumn for those unhappy with the grades
GCSEs 2021: Teachers relieved of appeals burden
Ofqual and DfE had proposed that teachers would handle GCSE and A-level appeals this year. But exam boards will deal with most of them
GCSEs 2021: How exam boards will help teachers’ grading
10 key points on the assistance exam boards will offer to teachers grading this year’s GCSEs and A levels
GCSEs 2021: ‘Excessive grade inflation’ warning
Warning of ‘inconsistencies’ with proposed GCSE and A-level grading approach, and ‘extremely high’ levels of grade inflation