Secondary

Wednesday

22nd Jun 2022

GCSEs: OCR adds 15 poems to boost ‘diversity’
Works by Ukrainian, black and South Asian poets to be introduced to OCR’s GCSE English literature course from September
Poetry - dictionary definition highlighted

Monday

20th Jun 2022

A levels 2022: AQA investigating chemistry paper ‘leak’
Exam board says it will ‘take any action necessary, including working with the police’
Water molecule model

Friday

17th Jun 2022

Girls do like hard maths, says children’s commissioner
Dame Rachel de Souza’s comments follow claims from the government social mobility tsar that ‘hard maths’ is something girls would ‘rather not do’
Math formula. Mathematics calculus on school blackboard. Algebra and geometry science chalk pattern vector education concept
GCSEs 2022: Ofqual chief’s verdict on first exams since Covid
Ofqual chief Jo Saxton has spoken publicly for the first time since this summer’s GCSEs got underway, and revealed her early verdict on the attempt to return to normal assessment

Thursday

16th Jun 2022

GCSEs 2022: Pearson sorry for ‘abominable’ exam error
Exam board mistake resulted in a map of the continent of Africa being labelled incorrectly in a geography GCSE paper this week
Colourful Map of Africa Continent

Wednesday

15th Jun 2022

1 in 7 secondary teachers faces student violence ‘monthly’
Exclusive: Behaviour tsar tells leaders to ‘get serious’ about prioritising teacher safety after research lays bare the problem of violence against school staff
Exclusive
GCSEs: Grades ‘virtually unaffected’ by exam stress
Research shows no clear link between pupils’ anxiety over assessments and grade outcomes
Exam hall with students at desks all figure blurred apart from one

Tuesday

14th Jun 2022

‘Cold spot’ schools less likely to recruit for specialist teachers
‘Golden hellos’ for specialist teachers unlikely to change recruitment patterns, say heads
Fishing

Friday

10th Jun 2022

The remote learning plans making waves in the Western Isles
Teachers in the Western Isles have signalled they are prepared to strike over remote-learning plans – we chart the fallout
The remote learning plans making waves in the Western Isles

Wednesday

8th Jun 2022

A-level physics students ‘doubly penalised’ by grading
Physics teachers are worried that the research findings could put some students off studying their subject
space A Level physics

Wednesday

1st Jun 2022

Fears for leader workload as 3 in 5 exams officers ‘consider’ leaving
Exclusive: Exams officer exodus could burden leaders and result in fines, schools warned
Leaving
Timeline for exam review unveiled
Independent review of qualifications and assessment follows OECD criticism of the heavily exams-based system in upper secondary in Scotland
Assessments