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Thursday

10th Nov 2022

A levels 2022: Disadvantage gap widest on record
The gap in average A-level grades between poorer students and their peers this summer was the widest since 2016-17, DfE data shows
Ravine bridge

Tuesday

8th Nov 2022

More generous exam grading ‘right thing to do’, says Welsh watchdog
Giving Welsh students ‘a little bit of benefit of the doubt’ over grading in 2023 is about fairness, says Qualifications Wales chief executive
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Thursday

3rd Nov 2022

More than one in 10 grades queried as appeals soar
But most Scottish exam appeals are unsuccessful and result in no change in grade
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Teacher predictions match final exam grades half the time
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
prediction

Wednesday

2nd Nov 2022

Should school faculties be scrapped in Scotland?
Analysis shows even faculty heads say moving away from discrete subject departments ‘simply saves money and has no other benefits to schools’
scrap yard

Monday

31st Oct 2022

Revealed: How Ofsted wants secondary heads to boost reading
Ofsted has produced a best practice report for improving outcomes for students who enter secondary school as ‘poor readers’
Students reading books in library

Friday

28th Oct 2022

Revealed: Soaring teacher vacancies impact on schools
Exclusive: Leaders warn that the recruitment situation is ‘dire’ after a 91¶¶Òõ investigation reveals that teacher vacancies are up by as much as 67 per cent in some subjects
Metal Wheels with "Recruit" and "Retain"
Exclusive

Thursday

27th Oct 2022

GCSE 2021 teacher grades were seen as less reliable
Only half of people thought GCSE and A-level grades awarded by teachers, after the cancellation of exams, were free from bias, research shows
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Thursday

20th Oct 2022

GCSE disadvantage gap widest in 10 years
The proportion of students missing the languages component of the EBacc also rose
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Wednesday

12th Oct 2022

Exam boards investigate private schools over grade malpractice
Ofqual chief tells MPs that exam boards are investigating allegations of malpractice relating to teacher-assessed grades during the pandemic
Magnifying glass resting against stacks of papers

Wednesday

5th Oct 2022

‘National conversation’ launched on Welsh GCSEs reform
One of the most controversial proposals is for a new combined language and literature GCSE in English
‘National conversation’ launched on Welsh qualifications reform

Thursday

29th Sep 2022

GCSEs 2023: We can’t mitigate for varied Covid impact, says Ofqual
Ofqual chief tells 91¶¶Òõ that it is ‘impossible’ to put measures in place in the exams system to account for different levels of Covid disruption to learning across the country
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