Secondary
Friday
30th Apr 2021
GCSEs 2021: Grade checks to avoid ‘febrile atmosphere’
The return of GCSE and A-level exams next year ‘is going to need quite a lot of thought’, says Ofqual boss
GCSES 2022: Exam plan needed by summer, say heads
Teachers need to know ‘exactly how next year’s exams will work’ by the end of this term, says NAHT union
Thursday
29th Apr 2021
How the 2020 grades ‘fiasco’ torpedoed trust in GCSEs
Majority of school leaders and teachers disagreed that GCSEs and A levels were trusted qualifications in 2020
Why teachers’ worst fears over exams have come true
For all the talk of cancelling exams, students’ results still hinge on high-stakes assessments, says Alasdair Allan
GCSE and A-level appeals ‘will take longer’ this year
Schools can advise students about whether they were close to a higher grade during the appeals process
Tuesday
27th Apr 2021
GCSE languages plan could lower standards, expert warns
Proposals for new languages qualification will leave pupils ‘able to talk about almost nothing’ panel is told
GCSEs 2021: Ofqual ‘conscious’ of teacher workload
Ofqual justifies plan to collect grading samples from all schools, which has been criticised as ‘scandalous’ by heads
Friday
23rd Apr 2021
GCSEs 2022: ‘No assumption exams will be same as 2019’
Exclusive: More teacher assessment is needed to fix a ‘brittle’ exam system, teaching union leader says
Swinney ‘bombarded’ by calls for no masks in secondary
Revelation comes after a grilling from a teacher over Covid safety measures in schools at the EIS hustings
GCSEs 2021: Heads condemn ‘scandalous’ grade check plan
Teachers criticise Ofqual plans to give schools 48 hours to produce GCSE and A-level grade evidence