Secondary

Wednesday

18th Aug 2021

SQA: Exam contingency will require no extra assessments
If the 2022 exams are cancelled, Scottish students will be judged on work ‘already completed throughout the year’, says SQA
External exams to go ahead in 2022 ‘if safe to do so’
The Scottish government has said exams will take place next year as long as Covid risks do not prohibit them

Tuesday

17th Aug 2021

A levels: No.10 discussing numerical grades for 2023
Exclusive: 2020 grade levels likely to be used next summer, while numerical grades are favoured option from 2023, say sources

Monday

16th Aug 2021

GCSEs 2021: Gibb and Ofqual chief to be grilled by MPs
MPs will also ask exams regulator and schools minister about 2022 GCSE and A-level plans

Saturday

14th Aug 2021

GCSE and A level results 2021: What did teachers learn?
How did replacing exams with teacher assessment impact GCSE and A-level grades this year?

Friday

13th Aug 2021

GCSE results 2021: Record grades sparks 6th form surge
Colleges call for more government funds as record top grades sparks surge in demand for places
Exams 2021: Why new grade boundaries may be inevitable
After the surprising calm of results days, the work of returning to normal begins – but, as this analysis by Geoff Barton makes clear, it won’t be an easy task
A level and GCSE results 2021: LIVE
Stay up to speed with all the latest news and reaction on A level and GCSE results 2021
SQA results: More A grades, but we don’t know why

Thursday

12th Aug 2021

GCSE results 2021: Covid a ‘wake-up call’ on inequality
LISTEN: 91¶¶Òõ panel of experts including ex-Ofqual chair Roger Taylor and Oasis founder Steve Chalke on today’s results and what the future holds for exams
Rise in A grades in all but one subject at Higher
Top grades rose across all SQA Higher subjects in 2021, except for one
GCSE results 2021: ‘No long-term teacher assessment’
Nick Gibb thanks schools for managing ‘difficult’ system this year – but says TAGs are not here to stay