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‘Still time to do right by young people on assessment’
Those hit hardest by the pandemic must not be penalised, says Scotland’s children’s commissioner
GCSEs 2022: Covid could stop geography fieldwork again
Ofqual is proposing to remove the mandatory requirement for fieldwork for geography, geology and environmental science
Students face ‘up to 43 exam-like assessments’
Overdue details of the appeals process will be released ‘shortly’, education secretary John Swinney says
Exclusive: ‘Ofqual doesn’t trust teachers on GCSEs’
A group of 24 ‘frustrated’ MAT leaders write to regulator to demand answers over the handling of this year’s grading
GCSEs 2021: ‘Heads misunderstand exam board workload’
Heads calling for £135 million exam fees rebate have been accused by exam board of ‘misunderstanding’ its workload
Exam details shared on another social media platform
Students have migrated from TikTok to less known social media site, where entire exam papers are being shared
GCSE: ‘DfE mustn’t forget its pledge to trust teachers’
Government has dumped GCSE and A-level assessment on overburdened teachers – you deserve our thanks, says Alison Peacock
GCSEs 2021: ‘We need to keep an eye on grade inflation’
Ofqual chair says there will “have to be a distribution of grades” in results this year and warns “we can’t give everyone an A”
GCSEs 2022: Exams are still ‘plan A’, says Ofqual
Planning for academic year ahead is ‘happening intensively at the moment’, according to Ofqual chair
Modern studies teacher elected as an MP
Modern studies lesson comes to life for teacher who taught students about representation of minority groups
When is an SQA exam not an SQA exam?
With papers being leaked on TikTok, the SQA ‘exams’ situation is even more perilous than last year’s – and that’s saying something