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Advice on exams, grading and support for teachers published this afternoon by the Scottish Qualifications Authority

DfE invites bids to form a new ‘Centre of Excellence’ to boost take-up of modern foreign languages at GCSE and A level

Extra bank holiday scheduled for Monday 8 May, when Scotland’s exams season will be underway

The gap in average A-level grades between poorer students and their peers this summer was the widest since 2016-17, DfE data shows

Giving Welsh students ‘a little bit of benefit of the doubt’ over grading in 2023 is about fairness, says Qualifications Wales chief executive

Teachers can easily find that their workload becomes overwhelming, especially as winter sets in. Here Bhamika Bhudia shares five small changes that will ease your burden

But most Scottish exam appeals are unsuccessful and result in no change in grade

New analysis also finds pass rate at Higher and National 5 would have been lower in 2022 – had it been based on teacher estimated grades

The way that Scottish schools adapted to the cancellation of exams during the pandemic has changed our approach to assessment for good, says Ed Carlin

As the Social Mobility Commission embarks on its plan to find the best teaching methods for those on pupil premium, one former commissioner warns that it won’t be enough to close the disadvantage gap

Key stage 2 assessments include a teacher-assessed level for writing – but how well does the system work for moderating the marking? Grainne Hallahan takes a closer look

Only half of people thought GCSE and A-level grades awarded by teachers, after the cancellation of exams, were free from bias, research shows