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

31st Dec 2020

Coronavirus ‘set back’ efforts to close attainment gap
Some students who got into university as a result of cancellation of exams may have been better served by HNs at college, says report

Saturday

19th Dec 2020

12 teachers I’m grateful for this Christmas
BTEC student Alfie Payne looks back at his education and pays tribute to the professionals who have supported him along the way

Thursday

17th Dec 2020

Ofqual: January exams to go ahead as planned
Ofqual chief Dame Glenys Stacey says exams in January will go ahead - but the situation is being monitored

Wednesday

16th Dec 2020

Apprenticeships: The challenges of assessment in 2020
The vast majority of appenticeship assessment is being delivered well despite Covid restrictions, says IfATE boss

Tuesday

15th Dec 2020

Lack of support for January exams ‘unforgivable’
The government must set out how it plans to support the 130,000 students due to sit exams in January, says Labour

Friday

11th Dec 2020

Meet John Cope: the man helping to revolutionise Ucas
91¶¶Òõ talks to John Cope, director of strategy at Ucas, about leading a radical transformation of the admissions service

Tuesday

8th Dec 2020

Exams 2021: The lessons we must learn from this year
We must remember that exams are not the only fair way to judge a student’s performance, says the Association of College’s Eddie Playfair

Thursday

3rd Dec 2020

Exams 2021: What you need to know on vocational exams
Some vocational qualifications will require more varied adaptations owing to the different qualification types, says the Department for Education

Monday

30th Nov 2020

GCSE grades 2020: What the data really tells us
Last week’s GCSE data wasn’t good news – it shows how the exams debacle affected colleges, says Ben Gadsby, from Impetus

Friday

26th Jun 2020

Why isn’t poetry writing part of the GCSE curriculum?
Why does it vanish at key stage 4? This art form is great for wellbeing and it can help teenagers to find their voice, says Laura Tsabet

Friday

29th May 2020

GCSEs: is a system not dictated by exams possible?
What would an education unencumbered by the traditional exam system look like? Alistair McConville looks at examples from across the globe

Tuesday

26th May 2020

‘Don’t undermine teacher judgement on grades’
The impact of coronavirus on qualifications is just one of many things occupying secondary schools, says this head