Assessment
The latest news and analysis on exams in the UK, including key dates, timetables, results and statistics for Sats, GCSEs and A levels
Thursday
25th Feb 2021
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 wonât be pegged to any other year
Tethering 2021 GCSE and A level results to a certain year would âprobably entail the use of some form of algorithmâ 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
âSQA has been dumbing down languages exams for yearsâ
âDitchingâ 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 teachersâ grading
10 key points on the assistance exam boards will offer to teachers grading this yearâs GCSEs and A levels
GCSEs 2021: âExcessive grade inflationâ warning
Warning of âinconsistenciesâ with proposed GCSE and A-level grading approach, and âextremely highâ levels of grade inflation
Tuesday
23rd Feb 2021
Exclusive: GCSEs 2021 plan for July results in doubt
Sources say A-level and GCSE results now likely to be released to students early August, a month later than proposed
Baseline: Number of schools keen to trial test halves
3,878 schools signed up as âearly adoptersâ for Reception baseline assessment, compared with the 9,657 that took part in previous yearâs pilot