Secondary
Monday
21st Jun 2021
OECD: Replace standardised tests with sample survey
OECD questions if testing every child’s literacy and numeracy in P1, P4, P7 and S3 is worth it
GCSEs 2021: Poor students think grades will not be fair
Two in five high-achieving disadvantaged A-level and GCSE students are not confident their grades this summer will reflect their ability
SQA to be replaced, education secretary reveals
And Education Scotland will no longer run inspections, with an independent body taking over that role
Friday
18th Jun 2021
GCSE grading: ‘Government should be utterly ashamed’
Exam grades didn’t need to come at the expense of teachers’ wellbeing – that was the government’s choice, says Kevin Courtney
Revealed: Huge differences in GCSE grading approaches
Teachers’ leaders criticise ‘burdensome’ system as 91¶¶Òõ poll reveals wide range of methods to grade GCSEs and A levels
Exclusive: 2021 GCSE grades not ‘fair’, say teachers
Two-thirds of A-level and GCSE grading teachers say national process won’t give all students the results they deserve
Thursday
17th Jun 2021
What Ofsted thinks good geography teaching looks like
Inspectorate review warns about ‘relatively poor state of geography education in primary schools’
GCSEs 2021: Schools can’t submit grades as site crashes
Major exam board says problems with portal for teacher-assessed grades may take the rest of the day to fix
‘No evidence’ of school data used to change grades
Teacher judgements are not being changed ‘on the insistence of schools’, says education secretary
Leaked exam papers used to ‘determine’ Higher results
Exam papers shared widely on social media are ‘main source of evidence’ for some subjects, finds SQA