Assessment
The latest news and analysis on exams in the UK, including key dates, timetables, results and statistics for Sats, GCSEs and A levels
Monday
21st Aug 2023
A-level results reveal worsening rich-poor divide
The attainment gap existed before the pandemic, but this year’s A-level results show it’s only getting worse and must be tackled, says Carl Cullinane of the Sutton Trust
GCSEs 2023: Call for ‘urgent’ rethink on resits
The underperformance of boys in school examinations ‘should be a matter of national concern’ ahead of this week’s GCSEs, claims new report
Thursday
17th Aug 2023
Weekly round-up: A-level results - all the reaction
This week’s education news round-up includes analysis and reaction from Thursday’s A-level results
A-level results 2023: Saxton defends lower grading after MAT boss hits out
Ofqual chief defends England’s return to pre-pandemic grading this year, after Jon Coles called the divergence in standards between nations ‘completely indefensible’
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A levels 2023: 10 key insights for teachers
91¶¶Òõ picks through today’s A-level results data to reveal the significant trends – from the increase in low grades to the subjects growing in popularity and the gender divide
A-level results 2023: Wider gap ‘down to lack of catch-up cash’
Today’s A-level results show that the disadvantage gap and the regional variation in grades have widened, warn education leaders
A levels 2023: Results by subject
The latest A-level results for England broken down by subjects
A-level passes in Northern Ireland returning to pre-Covid levels
Data from the first full set of summer exams since a two-year hiatus during the pandemic shows a system heading back towards 2019
Wales A-level results: Top grades fall but remain above pre-Covid levels
Results data shows that Wales is continuing its A-level journey ‘back to pre-pandemic assessment arrangements’
A-level results 2023: Top grades up in private schools but drop in North East
The latest A-level results for England reveal the winners and losers of the government’s return to pre-pandemic grading for this summer’s exams